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Air quality falling in Kamloops, Shuswap thanks to wildfire smoke
KAMLOOPS – The area covered by a smoky skies bulletin has expaned into the South…

Smoky skies continue, no end in sight to fire season
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With smoke-filled skies and reports of new fires almost every day, it begs the question that’s on everyone’s mind: When will this end? “It’s a good question. There is no hard and fast measure that tells us when things are done. Every season is its own animal,” Kevin Skrepnek says. And B.C. Wildfire’s...