Lytton

• ‘Hole in my soul’: B.C. artist writes song for fire-razed Lytton

  'Hole In My Soul,' a song for Lytton, made its YouTube debut on Feb. 9 at four minutes and 23 seconds in length, including an opening statement about the disaster.

  Fire

  Feb 16
  
• Two years after behemoth fire, 1st home rebuild begins in Lytton

  Mayor Denise O'Connor said the first residential rebuild permit was issued in the fall and "rebuilding is going to be starting full force" in the coming months.

  Fire

  Dec 21, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• What role is archeology playing in the slow pace to rebuilt Lytton?

  A 7,500-year-old spear point and ancestral remains are among the thousands of artifacts uncovered at the townsite, following a 2021 fire that razed the village.

  Politics

  Oct 19, 2023
• Advertisement
• Lytton mayor says archeology slowing rebuild as residents protest delays

  Archeologists have uncovered thousands of artifacts, including a 7,500-year-old spear point, as they dig below what was Lytton, B.C., the village destroyed by fire in June 2021.

  Environment

  Oct 18, 2023
• Record warm Thanksgiving weekend in some B.C. cities

  In Lytton, the province's most notorious hot spot, the temperature brushed against summer weather, when it reached 29.6 C, breaking an old record of 26.2 C set in 2022.

  Weather

  Oct 9, 2023
• B.C. wildfires: Closed section of Trans-Canada Highway in Shuswap region reopened

  Elsewhere in B.C., the Trans-Canada Highway between Boston Bar and Lytton will remain closed through the weekend.

  Traffic

  Aug 25, 2023
• As B.C. burns, TSB warns that unnoticed locomotive fires pose wildfire risk

  There have been at least 21 more on-board fires involving "remote" locomotives in the middle or at the end of a train since 2021, with 34 occurring in the decade before.

  Weather

  Aug 24, 2023
• Permanent emergency response team needed, B.C. Premier David Eby says

  'We are going to have to look at a permanent emergency response team, much like how we moved our wildfire service to year-round,' B.C. Premier David Eby said.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2023
• Advertisement
• Evacuation orders issued by Lytton First Nation for Stein Mountain wildfire

  Community members in the Lytton IRs 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 5A and 33, Nickelpalm IR 4, Seah IR 5, Nesikep IR 6 and 6A must leave immediately due to danger to life and safety.

  Fire

  Aug 23, 2023
• Advertisement
• People who lost homes to B.C. wildfires could face major hurdles to rebuild

  Some in B.C. who have lost homes to previous wildfires say the rebuild process has been hampered by red tape, despite politicians' promises to help.

  Fire

  Aug 22, 2023