Bc Widlfires

• Vancouver Island’s critical Highway 4 closed hours after re-opening

  Highway 4 was closed on June 6 due to the Cameron Bluffs wildfire, isolating the communities of Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino.

  Fire

  Jun 23, 2023
  
• ‘It has a lot of us concerned’: June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast

  Lead fire weather forecaster Matt MacDonald said he and his colleagues have been waiting to see if this month might bring desperately-needed rain.

  Fire

  Jun 4, 2023
  
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• BC Lung Foundation issues warning amid ‘never-before-seen’ October air quality

  In the Fraser Valley and Richmond on Wednesday, the Air Quality Health Index reading was 10+, its highest level of "very high risk."

  Environment

  Oct 19, 2022
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• Lightning a concern as crews make progress against Keremeos wildfire

  The BC Wildfire Service said some evacuation orders were lifted after overnight crews used drones map out hotspots around the 6,700-hectare Keremeos Creek fire.

  Fire

  Aug 10, 2022
• B.C. wildfire worries mount as heat wave leads into B.C. Day long weekend

  By Thursday, the fire danger rating for virtually all of B.C. was listed as "high" with numerous pockets in the Interior where the danger was listed as "extreme."

  Environment

  Jul 28, 2022
• Wildfire near Lytton, B.C. mapped slightly smaller, but heat wave brings new worries

  The BC Wildfire Service says new mapping has found the Nohomin Creek fire, burning about 1.7 kilometres northwest of Lytton, is just under 2,200 hectares in size.

  Fire

  Jul 25, 2022
• Flooding, fires and heat: A year of unprecedented weather extremes in B.C.

  With British Columbia's varied and coastal climate, the weather is always a headline maker, but in 2021 those headlines were of another magnitude.

  Weather

  Dec 26, 2021
• BC Liberals criticize NDP’s wildfire, heat dome responses

  The plight of the residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton that was all but destroyed in a wildfire this summer gained political focus Thursday in the provincial legislature.

  Environment

  Oct 7, 2021
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• ‘We’re doing it all on our own’: Monte Lake residents feel abandoned over White Rock Lake fire

  The White Rock Lake fire, burning between Kamloops and Okanagan Lake, has destroyed multiple buildings and forced a series of evacuation orders and alerts in the last 72 hours.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2021
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• Edmonton troops deploying to B.C. wildfires will arrive ‘ready to go,’ defence minister says

  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Tuesday that 350 troops from Edmonton would be sent to help the BC Wildfire Service, which has been stretched to its limits.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2021