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VANCOUVER — Winter's grip on southern British Columbia may hang on as a few flurries remain in the forecast for parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Building new homes in dangerous places could cost СÀ¶ÊÓƵ another $2.2 billion a year by 2030 — far more than anywhere else in Canada, a new study has found.

PASADENA, Calif.

A Canadian man and woman were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their sailboat ran aground east of Saturna, but the woman was later declared dead.

The family contacted police after the brothers did not return home from Grace Lake.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that frostbite and hypothermia that can occur within minutes as frigid conditions linger over much of British Columbia.

Flying chunks of snow and ice can endanger others on the road, and net you a $173 fine, police say.

HONOLULU (AP) — A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a vent of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island grew to more than 250 feet (76.

VANCOUVER — This week's wintry blast of snow in Metro Vancouver will likely remain on the ground, with below-average temperatures forecasted well into next week.

NORTH VANCOUVER, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ — A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment.