Category Archives: British Columbia
Critical firefighting equipment being moved or stolen, says BC Wildfire Service
BC Wildfire Service says critical equipment used to fight some of the province's devastating blazes has been moved and sometimes stolen, in one case three times. The fire service says the pumps, sprin...
Aug 21, 2023
B.C.'s premier urges Meta to allow news sharing in B.C. amid wildfire crisis
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby is calling on the social media company Meta to reverse its decision to block Canadian news from being shared online in British Columbia, saying it feels like it is holdin...
Aug 21, 2023
Smoke aids B.C. fire fight, as BC Wildfire Service warns about Hurricane Hilary
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says weather across British Columbia will be impacted by a hurricane in Southern California, challenging firefighters already battling hundreds of fires that forced...
Aug 21, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...
Aug 21, 2023
A look at the number of wildfires and evacuations in B.C.
British Columbia remains under a state of emergency after thousands of people were evacuated from their homes because of nearby wildfires, including the blazes on either side of Lake Okanagan in the I...
Aug 20, 2023
'We might not have a home': Fire evacuees in Kelowna parking lot ponder unclear fate
KELOWNA, B.C. - Robert Pullen and his husband, Warren, got a knock on their door on Thursday night from a neighbour, and estimate they had about 10 minutes to get out the door. A fast-moving wildfire ...
Aug 20, 2023
B.C. wildfires: no new evacuations overnight as grim battle goes on
KELOWNA, B.C. - British Columbia's desperate battle against hundreds of wildfires was continuing on multiple fronts Sunday, but no new evacuation orders were added overnight to the thousands already i...
Aug 20, 2023
Travel ban in parts of B.C. disrupting tourism as raging wildfires burn
KELOWNA, B.C. - The central Okanagan is facing weeks without tourism during its peak season after British Columbia's premier imposed bans on travel to wildfire zones. David Eby says the decision was m...
Aug 20, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...
Aug 20, 2023
A front-row seat to devastation on the shores of Lake Okanagan
KELOWNA - The eerie calm on the Kelowna waterfront Saturday morning was broken by the faint percussive chops of helicopter blades in the distance. There were semblances of normality - people walking t...
Aug 19, 2023