CBC News Online - British Columbia Digest - 2015-03-04

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Vancouver lifts order to stay indoors as chemical fire controlled Wed, 4 Mar 2015 17:29:23 EST A four-alarm chemical fire broke out at Port Metro Vancouver, one of Canada's busiest ports on Wednesday, forcing locals to stay in for several hours as fire crews battled the heavy smoke and fire. Read More What you need to know if you are near the Port Metro Vancouver fire Wed, 4 Mar 2015 21:05:36 EST If you're in the downtown core, here's what you need to know about the chemical fire at Port Metro Vancouver. Read More Health authority confirms substance is trichloroisocyanuric acid Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:52:52 EST The substance burning at Port Metro Vancouver is a highly reactive acid that is dangerous if inhaled. Read More Treaty 8 First Nations lawsuit threatens Site C, fracking in B.C. Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:48:56 EST A B.C. First Nation has launched a legal battle that could affect the province's planned Site C hydroelectric dam, as well as oil and gas development. Read More Better understanding of recovery houses is needed: North Shore health officer Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:41:53 EST A medical health officer for the North Shore is encouraging opponents of a proposed drug and alcohol recovery centre to better understand what happens at such a facility. Read More More Headlines Birds dumped like garbage in ditch in Delta, B.C. Vancouver to rename street after hockey legend Pat Quinn Schoolgirl missing from remote Vancouver Island wilderness resort found safe See a shark's last meal in new 'Sea Monsters' exhibit 'Welcome to Resisterville': American draft dodgers in B.C. Anti-terror Bill C-51 is Canada's answer to U.S. Patriot Act: Snowden City of Vancouver says Chinatown needs new developments Building steampunk clocks from Soviet-era Nixie tubes