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Descrease article font size Increase article font size It was good news on Saturday for some Southern Interior residents affected by the massive Crater Creek wildfire that’s…
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Yellowknife veterinarian Michelle Tuma was having a hectic month even before an encroaching wildfire forced the mass evacuation of her home community. Nothing prepared her for the chaos of getting thousands of people out of the…
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Some Kelowna, B.C., residents who have been put under an evacuation alert in the Glenmore area are not waiting to be told when its time to leave, but rather, packing up and fleeing the area as quickly as possible. Nick Olteanu and…
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The vast majority of southern B.C. from Vancouver Island to East Kootenay is under special air quality statements. This is due to more than 380 active wildfires burning across the province, including many in the Interior.Along with…
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By noon Friday, all Yellowknife residents should have fled the city to seek shelter away from the encroaching fires. The evacuation order recommended people drive, but not everyone can.The Stanton Territorial Hospital, the largest…
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If you’re feeling the stress of evacuating your home during the country’s current wildfire emergency, your child likely is too, says one doctor. A state of emergency was declared in West Kelowna, B.C. Thursday. Residents of…
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The raging McDougall Creek wildfire has impacted large swaths of the Central Okanagan. And late Friday night, local emergency officials gave Global News an early estimate of the inferno’s impact, saying 10,000 properties in the…
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Interior Health says it’s recommending that hundreds of residents in seven senior care facilities in the Central…
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Wildfire evacuations are being done by boat for a community along Shuswap Lake in B.C.’s Interior. According to the…
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It’s not been confirmed, but officials suspect flying embers from West Kelowna are behind fires that erupted in Kelowna, B.C., and now fire officials are warning the public about the potential danger. “Flying embers, because of the…
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