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FORT NELSON — The BC Wildfire Service says 11 fires that have been smouldering underground near Fort Nelson, B.C., since last year are being whipped up by warm and dry weather conditions.

Owner: "We didn't think she was going to make it."

Deployments typically last 14 days.

KELOWNA — Prosecutors say five youth involved in a violent swarming of a girl in Kelowna, B.C., last year have entered guilty pleas.

KAMLOOPS — The BC Wildfire Service says four new wildfires are burning out of control in the Prince George Fire Centre.

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say a two-year investigation in partnership with the province's homicide investigation team has led to the arrest of a suspect in two unsolved murders.

The company said Alistair Caddick stepped down after successfully leading Hullo Ferries through its “start-up” phase. Ryan Dermody has been appointed as interim chief executive officer.

Lisa Rauch, 43, was shot in the back of the head with plastic projectiles from an ARWEN, a “less lethal” weapon designed to cause pain and incapacitate a person.

The City of Surrey says it filed a civil lawsuit against a former employee, looking to recover $2.5 million worth of "irregular transactions.

The Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society said the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal overstepped its jurisdiction after four children, including one who was still breastfed, were taken to foster homes outside of Vancouver.