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BURNABY, B.C. — The British Columbia government is putting fish protection orders in place for the Thompson Okanagan region as extreme drought conditions affect river levels and threaten the local salmon populations.

KELOWNA, B.C. — It's been about five years since Jesse Zeman began a summer ritual of boxing up keepsakes and personal effects to ship to relatives because he worried his home in Kelowna, B.C., would burn down.

OTTAWA — Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly released internal documents show.

QUEBEC — Two people are missing after a float plane crashed Tuesday in the St. Lawrence River southwest of Quebec City. Quebec provincial police spokesperson Sgt. Nancy Fournier says authorities received a call at around 8 p.m.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals say newcomers can help solve housing crisis ...

OTTAWA — The alarm bells are becoming bull horns: Canada's housing supply isn't keeping up with the rapid rate of population growth.

Montreal researchers are joining an international study to learn more about a little-understood genetic disease that is found in Canada, and especially in Quebec and in Acadian regions of the Maritimes. Dr.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — While scorching temperatures were expected to reach their climax Tuesday in a prolonged heat wave in southern British Columbia, the BC Wildfire Service says the greatest wildfire risk won't come until later this week.

A protracted heat wave has settled over the southern half of British Columbia, sending temperatures in some places into the 40s this week. Here's a look at data associated with the hot spell that began Sunday, provided by Environment Canada.

VANCOUVER — When Nicky Fried and her husband arrived in Vancouver from South Africa more than 30 years ago, they didn't need an air conditioner.