Wildfires
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…
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…
$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…
Rebuilding Lytton brings unexpected challenges, says Kelowna-based CAO
Facing the massive task of orchestrating the rebuilding of Lytton starts with a number 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…
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…
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…
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…
Kamloops, Vernon volunteers helping remove burned vehicles, fire-proofing
While the threat of wildfires may be behind us for this year, the cleanup of…
How officials plan to manage Thompson-Okanagan forests after wildfires
An ongoing program with the Ministry of Forests is recapturing carbon emissions in the Interior’s…
An initiative to FireSmart Kamloops neighbourhoods fizzles
When the fires went out, it appears so too did any community interest in protecting…
Minimal fire behaviour expected for South Okanagan wildfires
With cooler temperatures, fire activity today is expected to be minimal as crews tackle large…
Canadian Armed Forces leaving B.C. tomorrow after helping with wildfire season
The Canadian Armed Forces will be leaving the province tomorrow after being deployed earlier this…
Evacuated Parker Cove couple still waiting to return home – and that’s OK
Lisa and Rob Burns know they’re among the lucky ones. Even though it’s been a…
UPDATE: Most evacuees on westside of Okanagan Lake can return home
Most residents evacuated on the North Westside of Okanagan Lake due to the White Lake Rock…