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Vancouver Island’s critical Highway 4 closed hours after re-openingHighway 4 was closed on June 6 due to the Cameron Bluffs wildfire, isolating the communities of Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino.FireJun 23, 2023
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‘It has a lot of us concerned’: June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecastLead fire weather forecaster Matt MacDonald said he and his colleagues have been waiting to see if this month might bring desperately-needed rain.FireJun 4, 2023
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BC Lung Foundation issues warning amid ‘never-before-seen’ October air qualityIn the Fraser Valley and Richmond on Wednesday, the Air Quality Health Index reading was 10+, its highest level of "very high risk."EnvironmentOct 19, 2022
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Lightning a concern as crews make progress against Keremeos wildfireThe 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.FireAug 10, 2022
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B.C. wildfire worries mount as heat wave leads into B.C. Day long weekendBy 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."EnvironmentJul 28, 2022
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Wildfire near Lytton, B.C. mapped slightly smaller, but heat wave brings new worriesThe 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.FireJul 25, 2022
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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.WeatherDec 26, 2021
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BC Liberals criticize NDP’s wildfire, heat dome responsesThe 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.EnvironmentOct 7, 2021
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‘We’re doing it all on our own’: Monte Lake residents feel abandoned over White Rock Lake fireThe 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.CanadaAug 7, 2021
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Edmonton troops deploying to B.C. wildfires will arrive ‘ready to go,’ defence minister saysDefence 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.CanadaJul 21, 2021
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