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WILMER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — A single-vehicle crash in southeastern British Columbia has killed three passengers and injured the driver. RCMP say it happened Tuesday night in the community of Wilmer, north of Invermere.

SURREY, B.C. — Premier David Eby says the province is providing millions more in funding for the new medical school at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, B.C., that aims to start classes in September 2026. Eby says $33.

More daily temperature records have fallen in a heat wave that blankets southern British Columbia, and while cooler weather is on the way for some areas, it will remain hot in the Interior.

NEW DENVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Mounties in British Columbia's West Kootenay region say four people are dead after a crash that closed a stretch of Highway 6 for 11 hours. Slocan Lake RCMP say it happened south of Nakusp at about 5:50 p.m.

EDMONTON — Above-normal temperatures affecting much of Western Canada are expected to spread into Manitoba later in the week.

HOPE — British Columbia's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been deployed after a "suspicious death" in Hope.

VANCOUVER — The BC Maritime Employers Association says it has rescinded an industry-wide lockout notice after the Canada Industrial Relations Board found a looming strike by a union representing ship and dock foremen contravenes the Canada Labour Cod

VANCOUVER — The BC Maritime Employers Association says it is requesting urgent intervention by the Canada Industrial Relations Board to divert a looming strike by a union representing ship and dock foremen.

VANCOUVER — As sweltering heat sets in over much of British Columbia, the province's wildfire authority is warning that dry conditions will increase the potential for wildfire activity.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Mounties in Kelowna say they are working to recover the body of a man who drowned in Okanagan Lake early Saturday morning.