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They will address when students can use phones at school, while also considering the use of devices for accessibility and medical needs.

The move comes after officials lifted a campfire ban in the Cariboo region last Friday. Campfires are also permitted in the Prince George Fire centre. 

Raminderjeet Singh was driving with Mountain Peak Transport in Abbotsford when he crashed through the RW Bruhn Bridge guard rail near Sicamous.

Heavy rain in parts of B.C. has lowered wildfire activity in the southern part of the province, but firefighters say strong winds are creating some tree hazards for crews.

BC Hydro says it has begun filling the reservoir created by the massive Site C dam project in northeastern British Columbia.

Search and rescue teams in Fernie and Squamish said recent requests for helicopters have initially been denied, leaving them and those needing rescue in the lurch.

Starting Jan. 1, landlords will be able to raise rents by a maximum of three per cent, which is down from 3.5 per cent for this current year.

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This roasted pork tenderloin uses fresh B.C. strawberries for the sauce and is served with crushed new potatoes. You can make this dish at home!

The federal labour board has ordered thousands of rail employees back to work after a bitter contract dispute shut down the country's two major railways.

Sgt. Murray McNeil with Sicamous RCMP told Global News that an eastbound semi-truck struck the barrier of the RW Bruhn Bridge on Saturday morning.

The union says workers from CPKC will remain off the job pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board. It is unclear when that will happen.

The attack happened near the busy Second Beach concession, where owner AJ Tay told Global News a large, unleashed dog snapped up his maltipoo Sky.

Campfires continue to be prohibited with the exception of the Prince George Fire Centre, the Haida Gwaii Forest District and the northwestern corner of B.C.

After the latest fire, the city ordered the building be torn down as it was deemed structurally unsound and a public safety risk.

A report from the CD Howe Institute suggests the price drop has a lot to do with more supply coming through the pipeline, rather than by the more expensive option - rail.

The office of British Columbia's auditor general says he found two "significant errors" in the New Democrat government's year-end public financial statements, but the Ministry of Finance says it's been advised to continue using what it says are long-standing accounting practices.

Encorp Pacific better known as Return-It, is the not-for-profit stewardship agency that is responsible for all of the collection and recycling of used beverage containers in B.C.

More than 600 of the service's operators had threatened to walk off the job on Monday if they failed to reach a new collective agreement by 6 p.m. on Sunday.

A B.C. government fund to help non-profits buy rental buildings to protect tenants from eviction and maintain affordable rents is on track to exceed its target of 2,000 homes.

British Columbia has ended the fiscal year with a deficit of about $5 billion, some $900 million lower than the most recent forecast, but higher than last year's budget had called for.

The Independent Investigations Office is asking prosecutors to consider charges against a Vancouver Police officer whose vehicle hit a pedestrian in the city's Eastside last year.