The expansion project is part of the provincial government’s 10-year goal of attracting $200 billion in major project investment, as part of the Look West strategy.
There are now approximately 193 properties on evacuation order and 104 properties on evacuation alert due to the Fiftynine Creek wildfire in the Thompson Nicola Regional District.
A new wildfire sparked on Tuesday night, south of Boston Bar, forcing the closure of Highway 1 and prompting a plea from officials for those in the area to leave immediately.
In a previous email statement, Langley RCMP said that the boy’s disappearance did not meet the threshold for an Amber Alert to be activated.
When it came to FIFA-specific events, police said officers dealt with three Criminal Code arrests at Fan Fest, 36 on Granville and one at another watch party.
The city of about 8,000 people in the East Kootenay region is located east of the Matthew Creek wildfire, which was sparked on Saturday by lightning.
The Signal Hill wildfire, near Pemberton, is now an estimated 97 hectares in size and burning close to the community of about 3,600 people.
‘Around the world, supply chains are evolving, trade patterns are shifting, and competition for investment is intensifying,’ Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said.
The Brunswick Creek and Ainslie Creek wildfires are both thousands of hectares in size and have previously triggered other evacuation orders in the area.