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Officials say structures in Traders Cove and on Bear Lake Road have been lost, but there are no numbers yet. There is no confirmed loss of life at this point. #bcwildfire #McDougallCreekFire

Major traffic jam heading north on Highway 97 towards #LakeCountry where new evacuation orders have been issued. How many homes are being evacuated we don’t know as Emergency Operations Centre doesn’t even know as the situation is so fluid. #globalokanagan

Update from Central Okanagan wildfires: -Progress is being made on the fire -Still dealing with thick smoke in mornings, impacting fire fighting -Fire behavior yesterday 'was manageable' for crews -Heavy equipment was used to establish control lines #BCWildfireService #BCWildfire

A great piece of reporting and writing from ⁦Nancy Macdonald⁩ and ⁦@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓⁩ on the BC residents defying evacuation orders to help fight the wildfires ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…

Canadian MP Michael Chong, a target of Beijing's foreign interference, will testify September 12 before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, an independent U.S. gov't agency that monitors human rights and rule of law developments in the People's Republic of China.

Well this is really positive news! I’ll be talking about this on Jill Bennett today at 12:07 Super positive to see this might actually happen. We need PAs. Now. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023H…

Glad to be back with ⁦Jill Bennett⁩ ⁦CKNW⁩ to discuss the ban on retractable leashes. Spoiler: I’m not a fan of this ban. Tune in today at 12:30. globalnews.ca/news/10064932/…

Interesting comments from the mayor. Except that the BC government does literally have the legal right to run roughshod on local governments.

B.C. man opts for medically assisted death after cancer treatment delayed nationalpost.com/health/local-h…

NEW - BC Jewish community blasts @selinarobinson ouster from cabinet. “It is shameful that David Eby has bowed to pressure from a loud minority whose campaign to discredit MLA Robinson was centred in anti-Jewish bias and lacked the offer of grace they demand when others falter."

My latest, on the Online Harms Act: the closer you look at it, the worse it appears theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Vancouver radio reporter George Garrett was known for his scoops theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Hey City of Vancouver and Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation it’s 10:20am on a Friday and all of the gates at the Spanish Banks parking lots are locked. The only vehicles getting in are ones that can hop the curb. Is this what the new pay parking model looks like? CKNW

Looks like the gates are open now. The signs say the park opens at 7am.

Holly joined me on the show CKNW Friday to talk about George, her missing dog. She's offering up her Taylor Swift tickets to anyone who can help her find him and bring him home. He was last seen on the Matsqui Trail in Abbotsford two weeks ago.

The Jill Bennett Show has tickets to check out Strange Fellows Haunted Brewhouse! A Haunted House experience that takes you into the depths of the brewery where dead brewers are on the hunt for ingredients for their full-bodied beer: YOU! Listen Live: globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/pla…

Over the past few weeks many people have thanked me for speaking out about the Broadway Plan's negative impacts on quiet residential streets five blocks away from Broadway. They've also told me many friends have already decided to sell and move to Victoria. They are considering

How asking for info from the BC gov went from $0, to $10, to now an outrageous $280. For this, you can entirely thank the NDP gov and its slow-motion destruction of FOI. My latest in Glacier/Orca. buff.ly/3WNK3jO

Very excited to see Ricky Gervais this evening at the Hollywood Bowl. And anyone who takes issue with me being in the US can sod off. I flew a Canadian airline to a blue state to see a British genius.

The report going to the Park Board 'suggests' increasing the parking rate at Spanish Banks to $1.50/hr. That's been the rate for weeks. CKNW Tricia Barker 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿