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  Wildfires on Vancouver Island down this season compared to 10-year average

  The Old Man Lake wildfire near Sooke is the only one currently burning on Vancouver Island. It’s a region of the province that this year saw a drastic drop in blazes in the backcountry.

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  Canucks fan group The Larscheiders fighting for spot at Rogers Arena

  Members of the only organized support group for the Vancouver Canucks are feeling slighted after losing their usual space at Rogers Arena.

• 'Adult content' viewers targeted in growing Bitcoin extortion scam, B.C. RCMP say

  There have been more reports of a Bitcoin extortion scam seeking to exploit viewers of "adult content" in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, according to the RCMP.

• B.C. First Nations declare state of emergency over opioid crisis and mental health

  Getting a bed at one of British Columbia's drug detoxification facilities is like winning the lottery, the vice-president on the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council says.

• Woman dead, toddler uninjured following B.C. police shooting, watchdog says

  B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating the death of a woman who was shot by the RCMP after allegedly barricading herself in a room with a toddler early Thursday morning.

• Woman nearly shut out of mother's estate sues brother in B.C. Supreme Court – and wins

  Since she was a young girl growing up in Vancouver, Ginny Lam says her mom Yat Hei Law made it very clear she favoured her son William, because he was her male heir.

• Top Hezbollah commander among 12 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

  Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border.

• 'It's disgusting': Quebec minister reacts after body of boy, 14, found near Hells Angels hideout

  The province's public security minister said he was "shocked" Thursday amid reports that a body believed to be that of a 14-year-old boy was found this week near a Hells Angels hideout near Quebec City.

• 'Namgis First Nation touts success of land-based fish farming

  The 'Namgis First Nation says a fish farm it owns near Port McNeill shows the potential of land-based aquaculture in B.C.

• 'Don't know where the animals came from': Runaway pigs rounded up in West Kelowna, B.C.

  A pair of runaway pigs are in the custody of an animal sanctuary in the Okanagan after evading police and volunteers for hours earlier this week.

• Canucks training camp 'nerve wracking' for new addition DeBrusk

  Jake DeBrusk had a bit of an unfamiliar feeling as he prepared to hit the ice with his Vancouver Canucks teammates Thursday — butterflies.

• This Canadian city was a category on Jeopardy this week

  Viewers of Jeopardy got a chance to test their knowledge of trivia about B.C.'s biggest city Wednesday night.

• B.C. senior recalls becoming trailblazing car designer

  To appreciate why Mimi Vandermolen is so pleased to notice one particular vehicle she’s walking past, you need to know that seeing this many cars in one place would have been unimaginable when she was growing-up in the post-war Netherlands.

• 'Seems very political': Greater Victoria teachers surprised by ministerial order on student safety

  In a rare move, the Greater Victoria School District Board of Education has been slapped with a ministerial order from the province requiring it to update a student safety plan – drawing concern around political posturing leading up to an election.