BC wildfires

While wildfire season and evacuation alerts have become par for the course for many communities across Canada, for Indigenous people its far too frequent. “It’s a really disproportionate impact when Indigenous people only make up 5…
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A closed section of the Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.’s Southern Interior has been reopened. The section, between Chase and Sorrento, was closed on Aug. 18 because of the massive Bush Creek East wildfire, but traffic resumed flowing…
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One of the authors of a report into wildfires that devastated British Columbia two decades ago says the province hasn’t done enough in the time since then to reduce fire risk. In 2003, B.C. had more than 2,500 fires burn through…
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North Shuswap resident Kyle Boppre offers a simple explanation when asked why he defied an evacuation order issued as a wildfire bore down on his neighbourhood. “It’s just, I guess, in my blood to fight,” he said. “We were able to…
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size One of two wildfires burning in the South Okanagan and Similkameen regions has increased in size. The Upper Park Rill…
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Homeowners devastated by wildfires in B.C.’s interior are being assured by senior levels of government that they’ll get help to rebuild, but some previous fire survivors are warning them to be ready for challenges. Close to 200…
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Hundreds of migrant workers are among those evacuated from farms threatened by the wildfires in British Columbia’s Interior, putting strain on already crowded housing units and raising concerns about unsafe working conditions amid…
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Evacuation orders across the Central Okanagan are starting to be lifted  as conditions improve though, not all neighbourhoods fared the same. At least 50 structures in West Kelowna, five in Kelowna and three in Lake Country have…
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Despite wildfires that have destroyed scores of homes and left tens of thousands of residents under evacuation orders,…
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As British Columbia grapples with its worst wildfire season on record, there are new concerns about how the fires could affect a tourism industry still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. B.C. has declared a provincial state of…
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