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Bc Wildfire 2021
Lytton residents appalled by ‘tone deaf’ ATCO commercial
An ATCO commercial shot in fire-ravaged Lytton is sparking controversy among residents. The video shows…
When do you want your smoke? B.C. Wildfire wants to expand fires into the shoulder season
Just as tourism organizations like to expand the summer tourism season into the spring and…
Open burning in Kamloops, Okanagan a ‘balancing act’
Heat, fire, smoke, floods and vaccines. These will be the lasting memories of Thompson-Okanagan residents…
Past summer’s blazes in Thompson-Okanagan may rise again as zombie fires in spring
Depending on the winter, summer blazes burning well into the cooler seasons could rise again…
$1,300 a month to be provided for B.C. wildfire victims for housing
The province and Canadian Red Cross are providing eligible residents with $1,300 a month to…
Rebuilding Lytton brings unexpected challenges, says Kelowna-based CAO
Facing the massive task of orchestrating the rebuilding of Lytton starts with a number of…
Expect to see smoke, flames from large controlled burns in Penticton-area
More than 1,000 piles of wood debris will be getting burned in the the South…
Neighbourhood clean-up projects eligible for $500 FireSmart Canada grants
To lessen the risk of wildfire damaging their property, Canadians who gather their neighbours for…
536,000 ha of Thompson Okanagan backcountry remains closed following wildfires
Hundreds of thousands of hectares of backcountry access in the Thompson Okanagan and Kootenays remain…
Replanting with deciduous trees might help protect the Thompson-Okanagan from wildfires
Not everyone can jump into a helicopter just to look at the true impact of…
RCMP investigation into cause of Lytton wildfire ongoing
The B.C. RCMP investigation into the cause of a wildfire that destroyed nearly all of…
How Vernon is planning to get ahead of the next fire season
Following the devastating wildfires in the Thompson and Okanagan regions this past summer there’s a…
343 homes destroyed during B.C.’s unprecedented wildfire season
In the last summer, 343 homes were lost to wildfires across the province, says the parliamentary…
How officials plan to manage Thompson-Okanagan forests after wildfires
An ongoing program with the Ministry of Forests is recapturing carbon emissions in the Interior’s…
TNRD director calls for review of wildfire response and preparedness
A Thompson Nicola Regional District director has called for a review of the wildfire response this…