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BC Wildfire 2023
It’s not all bad news for critters displaced by West Kelowna wildfire
As well as a devastating loss of homes, properties and infrastructure, the McDougall Creek wildfire…
Final wildfire evacuation alerts lifted in Kelowna and Lake Country
With the Walroy Lake wildfire in Kelowna and the Clarke Creek wildfire in Lake Country…
Wildfire complicates return to school for Shuswap kids
Shuswap residents must wait another day for evacuation orders to lift in wildfire-ravaged areas of…
McDougall Creek wildfire crews shift from lighting fires to mopping them up
It may seem counterintuitive to have trained firefighters spending a lot of their time with…
North Thompson community calls for third-party BC wildfire season review
A North Thompson community is urging other BC communities for support in its call for…
iN PHOTOS: Thousands of North Shuswap residents return to communities scarred by fire
More than 10,000 North Shuswap residents were allowed to return to their properties yesterday after…
BC Interior realtors donate $500,000 towards wildfire relief
Realtors in the BC Interior are donating $500,000 in support of wild relief in the…
People have been trying to access burned areas along Okanagan Lake by boat
Kelowna RCMP is patrolling the area on Okanagan Lake's western banks, turning boaters away from…
How better real-time data will help predict wildfire behaviour in BC
A UBC Okanagan researcher has teamed up with a telecommunications company to develop a new technology…
Shuswap vs West Kelowna: Two entirely different ways of communicating about fires
August 17 to 18, 2023 were big, bad days for wildfires in the Okanagan and…
Firefighters trapping and rescuing pets displaced by Shuswap wildfire
Many residents didn’t have time to collect all their pets while fleeing the wildfire that…
Angry McDougall Creek wildfire evacuees give local MLA an earful
Angry and upset Bear Creek Road evacuees gathered outside MLA Ben Stewart’s office today to…
iN VIDEO: Lack of official info about McDougall Creek wildfire led to terror on Westside Road
Dawn Van Zant says she was frustrated about the lack of FireSmart information she could…
Cows could be newest tool in Kelowna’s wildfire mitigation efforts
An unlikely hero has appeared in climate crisis and resulting wildfire emergencies in BC: cows.…
Mass wildfire evacuations force Central Okanagan emergency operations to rethink system
There's no question that Emergency Operations Centre volunteers had a tough time handling the 11,000…