A British Columbia teenager who was last seen one week ago in Williams Lake has been found.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says the 13-year-old is safe. He did not say where she was found.
An earlier release from the Williams Lake detachment said she was not believed to have left the Cariboo city.
Her family reported her overdue on Sept. 25.
There was concern because the Indigenous teen has a condition that requires daily medication.
Mounties in British Columbia say a man they describe as a "dangerous repeat offender" has been arrested in Kelowna. Police then waited until the 32-year-old man and a woman entered the vehicle and drove it to a business where they were arrested.
Environment Canada says temperatures in several areas, from the Boundary and Okanagan to parts of the North Thompson and Kootenay were expected to see highs of 39 C though the day.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said while the curriculum for firefighter training remains primarily a provincial responsibility, all levels of government and firefighting jurisdictions need to look deeper into "greater interoperability" of crews regardless of where they are based.
A 42-year-old man has been charged with mischief over an incident at the Cloverdale Cenotaph in Surrey more than five months ago. R-C-M-P say the suspect was arrested on July 18th over an incident in which the cenotaph's statue of a kneeling soldier was dismantled.
Canadians returning from Maui have told of harrowing scenes during their escape from the fire-devastated Hawaiian island. Among the evacuees was British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Matthew Taylor who drove through the ruined town of Lahaina on Thursday and said it resembled a "war zone."
The new deal includes a series of fee increases and measures that the province says will provide more supports for Indigenous midwifery. A vote among members of the Midwives Association of British Columbia on July 31 garnered 99 per cent support for the agreement, with 89 per cent of eligible association members taking part in the ballot.