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Preparations continue on the Stampede grounds in Calgary on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. The rides are up, the stuffed animals displayed at the games tables and concession booths are loaded with supplies. Forced by the pandemic to cancel last year for the first time in its history, the Calgary Stampede has returned. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
‘We’re ready to go’: Calgary Stampede to kick off with enhanced safety measures
True fact about Bill Metcalfe: In all the year’s I’ve worked with him, I’ve never seen him sweat. Like, not even a drop.
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Sarah De Francesco, left, Albert Huynh, right, and Leanne Opuyes, back left, cool off in the frigid Lynn Creek water in North Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, June 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Climate change made B.C., Alberta heat wave 150 times more likely, study concludes
BEtween July 1-4, 2021, the regions with the most violation tickets written for campfires were the South Coast and the Kootenays. (Pixabay.com)
22 tickets issued for unlawful campfires as B.C. crews fight hundreds of wildfires
Wildfire in Lytton, B.C., seen on June 30, 2021. (@guyatsfu/Twitter)
Know how to evacuate in event of a fire, say B.C. emergency management officials
Hail storm hits Invermere July 2, 2021, amid a hasty wildfire season in the rest of B.C. (Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce)
‘The heavens opened up’: Invermere hit with flash-flooding, hail as southern B.C. burns
Wildfire burning in Kamloops on July 2, 2021. (Kelsey Abraham/Contributed to Black Press Media)
Lightning, heat ignite wildfire season in B.C.; 119 blazes burning
NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq rises in the House of Commons, in Ottawa on May 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canada Day comes amid reckoning over the country’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples
Tyler has ceased to care about workplace-appropriate attire during the heat wave. Bill, ever the professional, is beholden to standards.
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Premier John Horgan talks about B.C.’s plan to restart the province during a news conference at the legislature in Victoria on May 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
B.C. premier says restrictions lifting tomorrow because of ‘extraordinary results’
On the hottest day of the year, June 28, 2021, Black Press Media tests cooking an egg on pavement in Surrey, B.C. (Ashley Wadhwani/Black Press Media)
VIDEO: B.C. sees temperatures hot enough to cook an egg on pavement – kind of
Air Canada has resumed flights at the West Kootenay Regional Airport. Photo: Betsy Kline
VIDEO: Water salute welcomes Air Canada back to West Kootenay Regional Airport
A family of bears took a dip in Coquitlam, B.C., to cool off during a record-breaking heat wave this weekend. (Lyle Jeffrey/Twitter)
VIDEO: Mama bear and cubs escape the heat by taking a dip in a B.C. pool
People enjoy the heat wave across Vancouver Island during a low tide at Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in Parksville, B.C., on Friday, July 27, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Heat wave dubbed ‘dangerous,’ ‘historic,’ bakes much of Western Canada
A general view shows the site where George Floyd was killed by then Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, as the kids took a field trip to the memorial, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam listens to a question during a news conference, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 in Ottawa. Federal COVID-19 modelling warns the Delta variant could make a possible fourth wave of the pandemic worse that initially thought. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
What the fully vaccinated can do: Public Health Agency of Canada releases graph
A 1956 photograph of the parish church in Marieval, Sask., is shown in this handout image provided by Société historique de Saint-Boniface. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Société historique de Saint-Boniface *MANDATORY CREDIT*
751 unmarked graves at Saskatchewan residential school: First Nation
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole addresses the Conservative caucus during a meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
VIDEO: O’Toole against cancelling Canada Day; ministers, NDP say it’s time for reflection
Extinction Rebellion Nanaimo sets off a smoke bomb in front of a log carrier ship Tuesday, June 22, in Nanaimo harbour. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Forestry protesters try to disrupt loading of logs in Nanaimo harbour
Yes, that is Tyler’s face. Did you prefer the dog? It’s fine, so does he.
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