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VANCOUVER — Heavy rain, high winds and warm temperatures along British Columbia's south coast are creating dangerous avalanche conditions on slopes across the region this weekend.

VANCOUVER — A series of wet weather systems bringing rain and a warming trend has prompted high streamflow advisories for waterways on B.C.'s south coast and the lower half of Vancouver Island.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Mounties in Fort St. John, B.C., say they're investigating graffiti including swastikas spray painted on the Treaty 8 Tribal Association building as a hate crime. Staff Sgt.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police have released the names of the two victims in an Abbotsford, B.C., double homicide in January.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — Mounties in Coquitlam, B.C., say charges have been approved against two drivers who are accused of leaving the scene after allegedly running over the same pedestrian.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has posted a flood watch on three Interior waterways because of the chance of a midseason ice jam.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Indigenous relations minister is condemning "racist vandalism" of a Treaty 8 Tribal Association office in Fort St. John last weekend.

GRANDE CACHE, Alta. — Earthquakes Canada says some Alberta and B.C. residents may have felt the ground shake Thursday morning. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake was detected roughly 63 kilometres northeast of Grande Cache, Alta.

VANCOUVER — Heavy rain and strong winds pummeled parts of British Columbia on Wednesday. Environment Canada had issued warnings for much of Vancouver Island, Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast and eastern and northern sections of Metro Vancouver.

VICTORIA — A former longtime British Columbia legislator has been appointed to the province's independent facilitating body for treaty negotiations on First Nations rights and title.