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The orca, also known as Tokitae, was one of 100 herded into Penn Cove off Whidbey Island, Washington, 50 kilometres southeast of Victoria, on Aug. 8, 1970.

It's not clear how many homes have been burned in the North Shuswap region on B.C. But many communities remain on evacuation order or alert.

The wind shifted Friday afternoon, pushing the fire back towards a number of neighbourhoods.

Bowen Island Rotary Club’s annual fundraiser supports girls pursuing education

Criminal defence lawyer: “A terrible indictment of society when the best people can do is jail.”

WEST KELOWNA — Homes were ablaze on Friday in West Kelowna, B.C., with firefighters locked in a pitched battle against a rampaging wildfire that helped trigger a provincewide state of emergency.

YELLOWKNIFE — More than 19,000 people left Yellowknife in less than 48 hours as one of the largest firefighting mobilizations in the history of the Northwest Territories continued to protect the city from an encroaching wildfire.

Bassett pulled a gun in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and shot two men.

Brigitte Cleroux faces new charges of fraud over $5,000, impersonation, use of forged documents and assault in connection with a View Royal clinic on Vancouver Island.

The order, which allows the province to restrict travel, comes as roughly 15,000 homes are on evacuation alert across B.C.