BC Wildfire 2018

• Smoky skies may return to north and south Okanagan

  Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for the north and south Okanagan on Sunday morning.

  Weather

  Sep 2, 2018
  
• B.C. wildfires have now scorched more land than in any year except 2017, and they’re closing fast

  More than 945,000 hectares have burned across B.C. since April 1 this year, the second most in a single season since B.C. began keeping records in 1950.

  Environment

  Aug 26, 2018
  
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• B.C. wildfires Friday: Season now third worst in burned land, new evacuations ordered

  B.C.'s wildfire season is now the third worst on record, as far as burned hectares are concerned.

  Aug 24, 2018
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• Air quality advisory lifted for Metro Vancouver, Central Fraser Valley

  Cool, marine air has blown into Metro Vancouver, prompting the region to lift an air quality advisory that's been in place for nearly two weeks.

  Aug 24, 2018
• B.C. wildfires Thursday: Wildfires near Telegraph Creek merge, now B.C.’s largest

  At 118,000 hectares, the Alkali Lake wildfire is now B.C.'s largest.

  Aug 23, 2018
• Air quality in nearly a dozen B.C. communities ‘very high risk’ on Sunday

  A thick blanket of smoke is covering nearly the entire province of British Columbia.

  Environment

  Aug 19, 2018
• 6 properties evacuated in Zeballos amid B.C. wildfire threat

  The small coastal community is currently threatened by the 90-hectare Gold Valley Main wildfire.

  Fire

  Aug 18, 2018
• Safe bet Alberta will be impacted by B.C. wildfire smoke in future: scientist

  An environmental health scientist says the smoke Alberta has been experiencing from the forest fires raging in British Columbia could become the norm every wildfire season. 

  Environment

  Aug 18, 2018
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• Time-lapse shows Shovel Lake wildfire smoke turn day to night near Fort St. James

  "Mother Nature is just reminding us of what her power is and what she wants."

  Environment

  Aug 18, 2018
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• Evacuation alert lifted for Nanaimo Lakes wildfire

  Residents of the Nanaimo Lakes area no longer need to be ready to leave at a moment's notice.

  Aug 17, 2018