Bear rescued from tree in Pitt Meadows

A bear photographed along Rannie Road in Pitt Meadows. (The News files)
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Raymond Salgado of Nanaimo, competes on 'Canada's Got Talent'. (Canada's Got Talent photo)

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This photo provided by EpicLava shows the eruption inside the summit crater of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Hawaii’s Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is erupting again and providing a spectacle that includes bursting lava fountains and lava “waves” but no Big Island communities are in danger. (John Tarson/EpicLava via AP)

Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, begins erupting after 3-month pause
Cannabis price ‘race to the bottom’ hurts market’s future: OCS CEO

Cannabis price ‘race to the bottom’ hurts market’s future: OCS CEO
Ticket to ride: Southern California theme parks roll out new attractions for summer

Ticket to ride: Southern California theme parks roll out new attractions for summer

Bigg’s Killer Whales, more commonly seen off B.C. shores, are recorded in a hunting and feeding frenzy in the waters off California. (evanb_ocean for the California Killer Whale Project/Instagram)

VIDEO: B.C. Bigg’s whales spotted in hunting frenzy in California waters
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Feds warn 2023 on track to be the worst fire season ever seen in Canada
Statue of Lady Justice at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Surrey sued over leg press machine injury at recreation centre
The Langley Hiring & Post-Secondary Education Expo is at the Langley Events Centre – Field House (Gate #8) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 22. Black Press file photo

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    A ampfire ban goes into effect Thursday, June 8 in the Coastal Fire Centre. (Phil McLachlan/Black Press Media file)

    Campfire ban goes into effect in the Coastal Fire Centre

    FILE - The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside of OPEC’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on March 3, 2022. Leading oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia are wrestling with whether to make another cut in crude supplies to the global economy as the OPEC+ alliance struggles to prop up sagging oil prices that have been a boon to U.S. drivers and helped ease inflation worldwide. The group is meeting Sunday, June 4, 2023 at OPEC headquarters in Vienna after sending mixed signals about possible moves. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)

    Saudi Arabia slashing oil supply which could mean higher gas prices for U.S. drivers

    The Canadian Coast guard’s medium icebreaker Henry Larsen is seen in Allen Bay during Operation Nanook near Resolute, Nvt, Aug. 25, 2010. New research has moved up the time by which the Arctic Ocean is predicted to be free of summer ice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade

    Premier David Eby said B.C.’s economy is doing well overall in pointing to labour shortages. But he acknowledged that some sectors are struggling following the release of a report critical of higher costs caused by government policies. Eby rejected calls for changes to the Employers Health Taxes, but added that government is working with the forestry sector and parts of the tourism/hospitality sector. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)

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    One of two tickets matching all seven numbers in the June 6 Lotto Max draw was sold in Victoria. (Black Press Media file photo)

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    Tim Hortons is launching a no-annual-fee credit card in the coming months that can be used through its mobile app. Tim Hortons signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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    Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen has signed with the DEL’s Fischtown Pinguins. (Foto von Jan-Philipp Burmann/City-Press GmbH)

    Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen signs with DEL’s Fischtown Pinguins

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    Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini stands on the sidelines during second half MLS soccer action against Nashville FC in Vancouver on Saturday, August 27, 2022. Sartini says his team needs to respect its opponent and understand that Montreal is a better team than when the two sides first faced off. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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    River Basin Days takes place Saturday, June 10, at Jerry Sulina Park. (Fraser River Discovery Centre/Special to The News)

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    Participants can explore the Fraser River Basin

    Members of the Girl Guides Pitt Meadows Rainbow Unit, along with 10 parents and leaders, took park in invasive species removal at Hoffman Park on Thursday, June 1. (Special to The News)

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    FILE - This May 14, 2018 file photo shows Chuck Todd at the 2018 NBCUniversal Upfront in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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    The Sea to Sky Swinger ride at Playland. (Photo: facebook.com/PNE.Playland)

    Playland opens for summer June 3 with the wooden roller coaster still not rolling

    Refurbishment work continues on the iconic ride, with a new ‘launch coaster’ a year away

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    Business
    Natasha Acuba-Bailey (centre), her husband Mark (left), and mother Telly (right), selling adobo flakes at Robson Square (Contributed Natasha Acuba-Bailey).

    Side hustle turns into full-time passion for B.C. entrepreneur

    Natasha Acuba-Bailey created Manila Kitchen as a secondary source of income

    File - People stand outside of the Steve Jobs Theater before an event on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. If Apple unveils a widely anticipated headset equipped with mixed reality technology at the theater on Monday, it will be the company's biggest new product since the introduction of the Apple Watch nearly a decade ago.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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    A deer swims alongside a Bigg’s whale, identified as T124C and called Cooper, in the waters east of Vancouver Island. (Sam Murphy/Island Adventures)

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        On May 28, Canadians will unite at MS Walk to make a world free of MS more than just a dream. Photo courtesy MS Society

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