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Good afternoon, these are your top stories for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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Victims or wrongdoers? Inside the $1.6M financial fight over a fire-plagued Vancouver property

July 16 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

The owners of a fire-plagued apartment building in East Vancouver have been fighting attempts to hold them financially accountable for the property for years. They claim to be victims, but the city says the owners will be happy to reap the benefits from the sale of the property — which is listed for $15.8 million.

Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol: Round 1 — Coastal

July 16 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Nanaimo bar or pirate pack? Canucks jerseys or yoga pants? Today's vote is about human creations from the coast.

B.C. sees thousands of wildfire evacuees every year. But are people moving permanently?

July 16 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Wildfires temporarily forced 7,000 British Columbians from their homes last year. Experts say the threat of fire is beginning to impact where people live in B.C., but the extent of the wildfire-induced migration isn't yet known.

#TheMoment a 'fat' marmot was spotted in a B.C. park

July 15 , 2025 at 07:07:35 p.m. PDT • :

Taylor Borth tells The National about the moment she snapped a photo of an unusually 'fat' marmot while walking through a park in Kamloops, B.C.

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Campfires to be banned on B.C.'s South Coast as hot spell continues

July 16 , 2025 at 06:36:24 a.m. PDT • :

Campfires will be prohibited starting Thursday at noon PT on B.C.'s South Coast as the region continues to swelter under an extended hot spell.

July 14 , 2025 at 08:04:48 p.m. PDT • :

#TheMoment a hiker saved himself during a harrowing trip in the B.C. wilderness

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July 15 , 2025 at 03:05:51 p.m. PDT • :

Flights grounded at Vancouver Airport after small plane allegedly 'hijacked,' RCMP say

July 15 , 2025 at 05:29:40 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. child watchdog urges more progress 1 year after report into 11-year-old boy's torture and death

July 15 , 2025 at 12:31:45 p.m. PDT • :

Controversial grizzly killed on island off B.C. coast, conservation officers investigating

July 15 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Family lawyer says he's seeing a new trend of the 'manosphere' leading to divorce

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