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Kelowna homeless sheltering from wildfire smoke at Gospel Mission
KELOWNA – The Kelowna Gospel Mission has decided to keep its doors open 24 hours a day until the smoky conditions clear up. Forest fire smoke from a pair of huge blazes in Washington State has created extremely smoky air in the Okanagan and prompted a special air quality statement from Environment Canada and Interior...
Heavy smoke blankets Okanagan; the rest of southern B.C. gets smoke haze
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Smoke from the huge forest fires burning in Washington State pumped into the southern Interior yesterday evening has been trapped in the valleys by a temperature inversion. The Okanagan is getting the worst of the smoke with visibility down to less to a kilometre in some areas this morning, Aug. 23. Environment Canada,...
Weekend rain should help improve air quality in Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The rain falling throughout the Thompson-Okanagan today should help with the forest fire smoke in the air. Although Environment Canada meteorologist Louis Kohanyi isn’t optimistic the rain forecast to fall throughout the weekend will be enough to lift the special air quality statement issued for the region. The forecast is calling for showers...
Heavy smoke grounds air operations at Testalinden Creek fire
OLIVER – With visibility down to less than a kilometre at times, B.C. Wildfire won’t be using any air tankers or helicopters in the fight against the wildfire near Oliver. The smoke plumes from the giant forest fires burning in Washington State, including the 168-square kilometre Stickpin fire about 4.5 kilometres south of the Canada-US...
Forest fire generated smoke haze from B.C. and U.S. blazes
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Depending where you live and which way the wind is blowing, the smoke haze you see could be from B.C. forest fires — or wildfires burning south of the border in Washington State. Environment Canada has added a chance of smoke haze to it's forecasts throughout the Thompson-Okanagan today, Aug. 2. “The local...