Top Results For: BC wildfire

A program calculating wildfire risks for properties is available. It hopes to keep Canadians informed on the effects of the increasing fire possibility in their area.

A Kelowna man has been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for flying a drone near the fire-ravaged Okanagan Lake Resort during the McDougall Creek wildfire in 2023.

Police on Vancouver Island say a youth has been charged after allegedly making threats about a school shooting in online chats with a 15-year-old in the United States.

Instead, the B.C. government continues to approve logging in forests the panel identified, while long-term plans have yet to be finalized.

Police were called to the beach, north of the Maheno Shipwreck, to reports of an unresponsive woman, Queensland authorities said in a statement.

The review was prompted by concerns raised by the public and members of the B.C. legislature about the progress and cost of recovery, the report notes.

An overwintering fire, which is also known as a zombie fire, burns deep into the ground in the different soil levels and sparks back up in the next fire season.

The dwellers have hauled in furniture and all kinds of equipment onto the site, which is in the Upper Trepanier Bench area.

Carney's speech to Australia's parliament highlighted a soon-to-launch Canadian low earth orbit satellite network that experts say could soon compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.

In the Kamloops Fire Centre, which includes the Okanagan, 90 per cent of the wildfires were suppressed at five hectares or less.

Tumbler Ridge began as a coal mining community in northeastern British Columbia in 1981 and grew steadily until the 1990s, when coal prices declined.

The Atli Wood Chip Plant on northern Vancouver Island says it will be closing next month, impacting more than 20 employees working there.

A new report found that 2025 ranks in the top 10 years of all time for the most insured damages caused by severe weather in Canada.

Four fire engines and 20 firefighters responded to the fire, which remains under investigation, but the fire chief says it did not cause any injuries.

Prime Minister Mark Carney paid tribute to the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and the victims of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting during a speech in the House of Commons.

The proposed representative plaintiffs in the suit both lost property in the fire and said they suffered mental trauma from what happened.

Five times this year, large trucks heading onto the double-decker High Level Bridge have hit the structure often resulting in traffic snarls.

Non-binding mediation began on Saturday Oct. 18 between the B.C. government and the union with mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers.

West Fraser Timber says it plans to indefinitely curtail work at its High Level mill in northern Alberta due to significant weakening in demand for oriented strand board (OSB).

Car insurance premiums in Canada have been getting more expensive in recent years and insurance experts believe prices will continue to drive up into 2026.