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"We usually catch about 100, and we've caught 266 for the season right now with two weeks still left to go. So it's a record-breaking year."

The unprecedented surge led to an unusual problem: a shortage of the official, strictly controlled, tracking bands used to monitor the birds.

"It absolutely scared the bear to the point where it it peed itself," Fryer said.

An ocean-dwelling, hairy-legged, red eyed, parasitic sea spider sounds like the kind of monster that might pay you a visit during the throes of a very bad dream.

But these creepy-sounding creatures inhabit planet earth — in fact, researchers recently discovered two new species of them in southern B.C.'s Salish Sea.

"I picked it up and it was like that holy shit moment," Storie said. "This is a freaking block of teeth."

The last human case of rabies in B.C. was in 2019, when a Vancouver Island man died.

On Nov. 1, 2026, when clocks would have been turned back an hour, no change will be made. B.C. previously observed Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and Pacific Standard Time (PST) when clocks were changed in March and November of each year.

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Health Minister Ravi Kahlon says connecting a million people to primary care is a milestone for the system and the government is working to ensure people get the care they need, when they need it and closer to home.

The 10-year-old, 120-pound Great Dane was out for a hike with her owners on Mount Macpherson on Sept. 13 when she tore her paw pads, according to Revelstoke Search and Rescue manager Ren Bassette.

"She was an angel," she said. "A 100 per cent good girl."

"Now here we are 25 years later, as President Donald Trump has hurled insults, unfair tariffs and continues to threaten our independence as a country."

In a news release Friday morning, the MLAs of the currently nameless party said they want to give a "stable, serious alternative to the NDP."

To ascend to greatness as B.C.'s best roadside attraction, Cathedral Grove beat Barkerville in the final by a close margin of 54 to 46 per cent.

The grove also defeated Othello Tunnels in the semifinals and in the quarterfinals decisively dispatched Goats on the Roof in the bracket's Alberni Highway derby, earning 72 per cent of the vote.

But maybe there's an upshot for the goats. "You can do it on the same trip," said Beese. "They can ride on the coattails of the visitors to the grove."

Twenty-two school districts will receive a share of the funds, with nearly 200 of the new spaces set to be in Nanaimo.