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Wildfires
Kamloops, Vernon volunteers helping remove burned vehicles, fire-proofing
While the threat of wildfires may be behind us for this year, the cleanup of…
343 homes destroyed during B.C.’s unprecedented wildfire season
In the last summer, 343 homes were lost to wildfires across the province, says the parliamentary…
How Vernon is planning to get ahead of the next fire season
Following the devastating wildfires in the Thompson and Okanagan regions this past summer there’s a…
Replanting with deciduous trees might help protect the Thompson-Okanagan from wildfires
Not everyone can jump into a helicopter just to look at the true impact of…
536,000 ha of Thompson Okanagan backcountry remains closed following wildfires
Hundreds of thousands of hectares of backcountry access in the Thompson Okanagan and Kootenays remain…
Rebuilding Lytton brings unexpected challenges, says Kelowna-based CAO
Facing the massive task of orchestrating the rebuilding of Lytton starts with a number of…
$1,300 a month to be provided for B.C. wildfire victims for housing
The province and Canadian Red Cross are providing eligible residents with $1,300 a month to…
Past summer’s blazes in Thompson-Okanagan may rise again as zombie fires in spring
Depending on the winter, summer blazes burning well into the cooler seasons could rise again…
When do you want your smoke? B.C. Wildfire wants to expand fires into the shoulder season
Just as tourism organizations like to expand the summer tourism season into the spring and…
Kamloops forester creates art using burned trees from Interior wildfires
Equipped with burning tools and knowledge of block printing, a Kamloops man is salvaging wood…
UPDATE: 2 uncontained wildfires burning in Thompson, Okanagan, Shuswap
Two wildfires are now under control while two likely human-caused ones continue to burn in…
B.C. Wildfire Service ‘carefully monitoring’ Kamloops, Kelowna areas this month
The B.C. Wildfire Service says it is monitoring areas around Kamloops, Cranbrook and Kelowna this…
People living near wildfires have increased risk of cancer: study
People living within in a 50-kilometre radius of wildfires in the last 10 years have…
Risk of thunderstorms in tinder-dry Thompson-Okanagan could impact quiet wildfire season
The forest fire danger rating for the Kamloops Fire District is high, with growing spots…
More wildfires expected in southern Interior after lightning storms
In the last three days, the B.C. Interior has seen 17 new wildfires spark due…