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VIDEO: B.C. SPCA behind-the-scenes during devastating Interior wildfire season
While wildfires burned across the province this summer, authorities were working behind evacuation lines to…
Provincial government still working on compensating wildfire evacuee hosts
After stepping up to help out during the province's worst wildfire season on record, those…
Small business owners affected by wildfires can now apply for more funding
Small business owners who suffered financially through B.C.'s worst wildfire season can now apply for…
Smoke you see in Okanagan may not be an emergency
KELOWNA – The Kelowna Fire Department is appealing to the public not to call 911…
New monument will honour volunteers during the 2017 wildfire season
KAMLOOPS – Volunteers who stepped up during the unprecedented wildfire season this summer will be…
VIDEO: Watch the Cariboo’s wildfire season from beginning to end
CARIBOO – Thousands of evacuees from the Cariboo district fled to Kamloops this summer when…
Firefighters extinguish small West Kelowna wildfire
WEST KELOWNA – People with shovels helped put out a human-caused grass fire in West…
Wildfire in Okanagan Mountain Park behaving as expected
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The fire burning in Okanagan Mountain Park has tripled in size but…
UPDATE: B.C. Wildfire to let human-caused blaze across from Peachland burn under a watchful eye
PEACHLAND – Wildfire officials have confirmed they will not mount a full response to the…
Vernon campfire ban lifted
VERNON – After a summer of extreme fire hazard, the City of Vernon is allowing…
UPDATE: Another brush fire in West Kelowna’s Glen Canyon
WEST KELOWNA – Glenrosa residents have seen a fire like this before; several times over…
Area restriction for Elephant Hill wildfire is rescinded
KAMLOOPS – The Elephant Hill Wildfire area restriction has been rescinded. An area restriction was…
After light summer, search and rescues ready for lost hunter season
This summer’s strange playbook — first flooding, then fire — has been just as strange…
Kamloops RCMP still searching for missing Williams Lake wildfire evacuee
KAMLOOPS – Police are still searching for a Williams Lake wildfire evacuee who was last…
UPDATE: B.C. Wildfire suspects wildfire south of Kamloops was human-caused
KAMLOOPS – Wildfire crews have made significant progress on a wildfire burning south of Kamloops.…