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"Peachlanders don’t want to see these critical birds suffer the same fate as the owls on the coast and on the Island."

In Lytton, the mercury reached 34.0 C, eclipsing the town’s old mark of 32.2 C, set in 1928. Cache Creek and Ashcroft were right behind at 33.8 C.

The heat came from an upper ridge of high pressure that took over the much of the province on Saturday. The rest of the week is expected to bring more mild temperatures.

A new out-of-control wildfire in British Columbia's Interior has sparked a mandatory evacuation order in an area approximately 600 kilometres north of Vancouver.

The Delta Police Dept. says Edwin Patton, 86, failed to attend a friend’s residence as planned on Thursday after travelling from Lake Country to Delta.

Cooler temperatures are expected to prevail in B.C. in the days ahead, but until then there are still records being broken, according to Environment Canada.

In Kelowna this week during Columbia River Treaty talks, the two sides discussed, among other things, flood management and ecosystems with input from First Nations and U.S. Tribes.

Started in 1923, the festival heralds the approach of summer with a variety of family-oriented events including the highlight May Pole Dance at Manitou Park.

According to Slocan Valley RCMP, the officer happened across a vehicle in a ditch near Silverton early Wednesday, around 4 a.m.

Cooler temperatures are expected to prevail in B.C. in the days ahead, but until then there are still records being broken, according to Environment Canada.