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B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Heavy rain isn't unusual for the community of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the middle of the street she knew this storm wa...
Nov 02, 2024
North Vancouver declares state of local emergency, 3 homes evacuated after heavy rain
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - The District of North Vancouver has declared a state of local emergency and ordered three homes evacuated in the Deep Cove neighbourhood over concerns debris left behind from l...
Oct 27, 2024
How has climate change shifted the odds of extreme cold? A new tool seeks the answer
Federal environment officials will be able to quickly analyze how climate change is shifting the odds of extreme cold temperatures starting this winter, officials said Friday, broadening the applicati...
Oct 25, 2024
Death toll rises to three after atmospheric river that drenched southern B.C.
At least three deaths have been linked to torrential rain from an atmospheric river weather system that hammered British Columbia's south coast over the weekend. On Vancouver Island, police said Tuesd...
Oct 22, 2024
Saskatchewan's first fall snowfall could be on the way
The one word in the weather forecast that many people dread has made its first appearance this fall. A small amount of snow is expected to fall in some parts of Saskatchewan overnight, according to En...
Oct 21, 2024
Two dead, one missing in B.C. after mudslide, road washout triggered by heavy rain
Police in British Columbia say two people are dead and another is missing, thought to be inside a submerged vehicle, after a weekend of torrential rain that triggered mudslides, road washouts and loca...
Oct 21, 2024
One home washed away in B.C. mudslide, owner missing: police
First responders in Coquitlam, B.C., spent much of the weekend searching for a person who is missing after their home was washed away in a mudslide triggered by torrential rain across British Columbia...
Oct 20, 2024
B.C. wakes to election uncertainty, with Conservatives, NDP in tight race
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is waking to a reshaped political landscape but no clear winner of a provincial election marked by the rise of the B.C. Conservatives from the political fringe to centre s...
Oct 20, 2024 In this two-photograph panel; B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad, left, and B.C. NDP Leader David Eby, right, pause while addressing supporters on election night, in Vancouver, on Saturday, October 19, 2024.
(Ethan Cairns and Darryl Dyck/THE CANADIAN PRESS file photos)
Here's the latest on British Columbia's wet and wild election
British Columbians went to the polls on Saturday, with election day marked by torrential rain and high winds across much of the province. Here's the latest on the narrow race between the New Democrats...
Oct 19, 2024
No clear winner in B.C. election, Conservative leader says province 'changed forever'
VANCOUVER - There was no clear winner in Saturday's British Columbia election, but the leader of the B.C. Conservatives says the province's political landscape has "changed forever," after his party p...
Oct 19, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 6
WITH GUEST HOST TAMARA CHERRY 8:30 - A few days after U.S. President Donald Trump officially implemented a 35 per cent t...