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A dessert filled with purple yam is the star of this year’s СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Dumpling Festival in Coquitlam. More than 40,000 people are expected to attend the event on Saturday, Aug. 10, at Town Centre Park.

There are no tsunami threats in British Columbia after a powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s southern coast, according to the U.S. based National Tsunami Warning Center. The Japan Meteorological Agency says Thursday's quake registered magnitude 7.

The Hawaii Martin Mars is set to take off from Port Alberni’s Sproat Lake on Sunday for its flight to the СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Aviation Museum in North Saanich

SHUSWAP, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ — Evacuation orders and alerts have been issued in British Columbia's North Okanagan as a nearby wildfire burns out of control, nearly doubling in size since Tuesday.

The biker fell off a steep embankment on a challenging mountain-biking trail in Englishman River Falls Park near Parksville

CHILLIWACK, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ — British Columbia's Highway Patrol says people have died and "multiple others" have been injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Chilliwack. It says the crash happened around 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, near Yale Road West.

There are about 340 wildfires burning in the province, including eight wildfires of note.

The 44-year-old woman was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being attacked in her home, police say

West Shore RCMP and View Royal Fire Department were on the scene of the crash on the Island Highway and Burnett Road near the Fort Victoria RV Park as crews worked to restore power.

CHILLIWACK, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ — Mounties in Chilliwack, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, say a four-year-old girl has drowned in a pond at a leisure centre. Police say they received a report of the drowning at the water park of the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre Monday night.