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Bc Wildfire 2017
UPDATED: Wildfire continues to burn in Lake Country
KELOWNA – Over 330 properties have been evacuated and an estimated 10 structures damaged by…
UPDATE: Lake Country wildfire 80 per cent contained
KELOWNA – As many as ten homes may have been lost in a 30-hectare fire…
Evacuation of Williams Lake ordered
WILLIAM LAKE – An evacuation order has been issued for Williams Lake and areas around…
Properties near McCarthy Lake north of Kamloops ordered to evacuate
KAMLOOPS – Another evacuation order has been issued around the Little Fort area north of…
UPDATE: Clearwater under evacuation alert
CLEARWATER – Residents of the District of Clearwater are encouraged to prepare to evacuate incase…
Meeting planned for evacuees of wildfire north of Princeton
PRINCETON – An evacuee meeting is planned for today for people displaced by the wildfire…
Village of Clinton under evacuation alert
KAMLOOPS – More evacuation orders have come as the Ashcroft Reserve Fire gets closer to…
Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan stops in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Canada's Federal Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is in Kamloops today. Earlier this morning,…
Cache Creek evacuee thankful for Kamloops resiliency centre
KAMLOOPS – Steve Jansen and his family are just some of the thousands of British…
Postponed Kamloops Harley-Davidson rally morphs into wildfire fundraising
KAMLOOPS – Unfortunately, after months of planning, the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Rally scheduled for this…
Donate B.C. wildfire relief goods only to agencies prepared to handle them
Calls from people offering donations of food, water, clothing and volunteer hands are rolling in,…
Kamloops resiliency centre opening to help wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – A resiliency centre is set to open today in Kamloops to help provide…
Volunteers needed for wildfire evacuee support team in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The emergency support services team is looking for volunteers to help wildfire evacuees…
UPDATE: B.C. Wildfire firefighters under investigation for allegedly starting their own campfire
A social media post showing B.C. Wildfire firefighters standing around a campfire while a province-wide…
Online rumours muddying real information on B.C. wildfires
When it comes to evacuation orders, locations of wildfires and road closures, many are leaning…
How people in Kamloops are trying to make life a little easier for wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – The organizers of a local comedy festival, a grocery store, a Lower Mainland…
iN PHOTOS: B.C. wildfire rips through Ashcroft mobile home park
CACHE CREEK – The Ashcroft Reserve wildfire has left total destruction behind in the Boston…
Not even social media shame can end irresponsible behaviour during wildfire season
No matter how many warnings are issued, how many restrictions are in place, how many…
Authorities turn to Facebook to connect B.C. wildfire evacuees with volunteers
Donations and offers to volunteer are coming in faster than emergency operations staff can keep…
A bozo’s guide to wildfire season in the Southern Interior
While thousands of hectares of our province go up in flames, some people clearly aren’t…
Officials urge cash donations, not items for B.C. wildfire evacuees
With about 14,000 evacuees forced out of homes because of wildfire danger in the province,…
Kamloops businesses stepping up to help wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – The business community in Kamloops is rallying around evacuees displaced from the wildfires…
Lingering wildfires blow poor air quality across Southern Interior
Health authorities are warning anyone with breathing difficulties to stay inside following a smoky skies…
Small fires prompt big response from Kamloops Fire Rescue
KAMLOOPS – The province is in a state of emergency and Kamloops Fire Rescue is…