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A fish falls from the sky and sparks a brush fire in British Columbia

A small brush fire and power outage in British Columbia started Wednesday not with lightning or a careless camper, but with ...

B.C. court rejects First Nation's challenge to increase in Mount Polley tailings dam level

Xatsull First Nation has lost a bid to stop the height of a tailings dam from being increased at the Mount Polley mine, site ...

A bird dropped a fish on power lines and sparked a brush fire in Canada, firefighters say

Firefighters say a brush fire in the Canadian province of British Columbia was caused when a bird dropped a fish on power ...
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Oregon, Western states and British Columbia prep for oil train ...

Oil spills used to be a marine issue. Now, Oregon and its fellow western states (and British Columbia) are figuring how to respond to an oil train disaster. Back to Top Portland Business Journal ...
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'Don't see it coming:' minister pushes for preparedness after B.C. tsunami scare

British Columbia had the luxury of time as emergency officials watched a potential tsunami roll across the Pacific Ocean ...

Extreme weather caused by climate change increasingly cancelling major events: study

More and more major cultural, social, business and arts events around the world are being disrupted or cancelled by extreme weather events caused by climate change, according to a new study published ...
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Blueberry spill causes literal 'traffic jam' in British Columbia

July 9 (UPI) -- Police in British Columbia said there was a literal "traffic jam" on a highway when a pickup truck lost its load of freshly-picked blueberries. The Mission RCMP said on social ...