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  "article": "bc-daily-brief-2026-07-24.html",
  "title": "BC Daily Brief: Top stories across British Columbia — July 24, 2026",
  "date_vancouver": "2026-07-24",
  "collected_at_utc": "2026-07-24T14:03:01.184057+00:00",
  "editorial_note": "RSS items selected for a source-linked daily summary. Article summaries are written in NewsForBC original wording and link back to source publishers.",
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    "CityNews Vancouver": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/feed/"
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  "selected_story_count": 7,
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    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "B.C. wildfires trigger evacuation orders, alerts amid hot, dry weather",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfires-burn-bc-fiftynine-creek-clinton-9.7282189?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:51:44 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-24T13:51:44+00:00",
      "description": "Officials are reporting that some properties have been damaged by wildfire."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Wildfires in B.C. prompt evacuations as hot, dry conditions persist",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11987434/wildfires-in-b-c-prompt-evacuations-as-hot-dry-conditions-persist/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:24:51 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-24T12:24:51+00:00",
      "description": "BC Wildfire Service says the Fiftynine Creek wildfire, which is burning out of control northwest of Clinton, B.C., has grown to more than 102 square kilometres."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Homes, structures destroyed as B.C. wildfires burn out of control",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11986586/homes-structures-destroyed-bc-wildfires-burn-out-of-control/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:05:28 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-24T01:05:28+00:00",
      "description": "In the Fraser Canyon, where three massive fires, called the Brunswick Creek Complex, are burning, the past few days have been heartbreaking for a farm owner in North Bend."
    },
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      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Security concerns flagged as B.C. port tapped for possible fast track",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/port-of-vancouver-expansion-security-concerns-9.7278448?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-24T12:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "George Harvie, mayor of Delta, B.C., has been sounding the alarm over security and crime at the province's port facilities for years, and he has plenty of questions as the federal government pushes a massive port expansion project in his city."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Americans call in to Vancouver council meeting in what mayor says is ‘foreign interference’",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11987150/americans-call-vancouver-council-meeting-mayor-says-foreign-interference/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:34:34 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-24T01:34:34+00:00",
      "description": "People from outside Vancouver and even outside Canada called into a public hearing on Wednesday on the city's controversial villages plan."
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    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Telecommunications giant Telus now in the housing business after opening 195 units in Nanaimo",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/telecommunications-giant-telus-now-in-the-housing-business-after-opening-195-units-in-nanaimo-1338230/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:17:55 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-24T01:17:55+00:00",
      "description": "Telus Living Nanaimo is its first housing project to open but many more are to come as Telus owns land in most B.C. communities. (CHEK News) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Copy-of-Blank-background-for-pictures-40.png?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> Telus, formerly BC Tel, has been in the communications business for 135 years but it can now add rental housing to its portfolio. The post Telecommunications giant Telus now in the housing business after opening 195 units in Nanaimo appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "CRD plans to build wetland to restore Beaver Lake",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/crd-plans-to-build-wetland-to-restore-beaver-lake-1338214/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:03:29 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-24T01:03:29+00:00",
      "description": "The CRD plans to build a wetland to restore Beaver Lake in the South Island regional park. (CHEK News) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Copy-of-Blank-background-for-pictures-39.png?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> A new wetland project is the Capital Regional District's latest plan to solve the ongoing, multi-year, blue-green algae bloom at Beaver Lake, located at the popular regional park in the South Island. The post CRD plans to build wetland to restore Beaver Lake appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "B.C. expands repeat property offender program, will monitor 365 people in Lower Mainland",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/repeat-offender-property-public-disorder-9.7281541?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:59:08 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-23T22:59:08+00:00",
      "description": "The B.C. government will soon monitor more than 350 repeat offenders in the Lower Mainland as it launches seven new intervention and monitoring hubs in the region."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "B.C. boosts monitoring of 865 repeat offenders, adds Lower Mainland intervention hubs",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11986438/bc-monitors-repeat-offenders/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:39:33 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-23T19:39:33+00:00",
      "description": "The British Columbia government says it's expanding the supervision of repeat offenders with the creation of seven new intervention and monitoring hubs in the Lower Mainland"
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "New study tracks municipal spending across the Lower Mainland",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/23/study-municipal-spending-revenue/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:01:41 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-07-23T23:01:41+00:00",
      "description": "A new study from the Fraser Institute tracks municipal spending across the Lower Mainland and compares both spending and revenue."
    }
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