VANCOUVER — A pilot battling wildfires in British Columbia's Interior escaped serious injury after crashing his single-engine plane into a lake while scooping water, says a spokesman for the Transportation Safety Board.
James Butters, who was also known as James Hayward, died Wednesday morning near the intersection of Highway 19 and Granville Street in Port Hardy.
VICTORIA — A conservation officer in British Columbia credited with sparing the lives of two orphaned bear cubs apparently told his superiors that his duties don't include the needless killing of a baby animal.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A nurse practitioner from Williams Lake, B.C., hopes Canadians haven't forgotten the victims of two massive earthquakes in Nepal.
Environment Canada is forecasting lower temperatures and the possibility of rain in Williams Lake, Pemberton and Nelson, all areas where fires have been devouring forests.
TORONTO — Mexican soccer officials say a player has been pulled from their women's team at the Pan Am Games after contracting chickenpox.