Boston Bar

• B.C. wildfires: Closed section of Trans-Canada Highway in Shuswap region reopened

  Elsewhere in B.C., the Trans-Canada Highway between Boston Bar and Lytton will remain closed through the weekend.

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  Aug 25
  
• Rafting and yoga resort lost to Kookipi Creek wildfire near Boston Bar

  REO Rafting, Glamping and Yoga Resort’s founder and president Bryan Fogelman said his family has owned and operated the business for more than four decades.

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  Aug 24
  
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• ‘Never-ending stress’: Kookipi Creek fire quadruples in size near Boston Bar

  The blaze has gone from an estimated 2,000 hectares to nearly 9,000 hectares in size, threatening Lytton, Boston Bar, the Nahatlatch Lake area, and North Bend. 

  Fire

  Aug 18
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• Village of Lytton under alert, orders issued for wildfires in Fraser Canyon region

  Two wildfires has enacted evacuation orders and alerts for a number of communities in the Fraser Canyon region, including the entire village of Lytton.

  Fire

  Aug 18
• Fraser Valley Regional District declares local state of emergency due to wildfire

  Evacuees are being directed to an emergency support services reception centre at Family Place 65250 Boston Bar Station Road in Boston Bar.

  Fire

  Aug 17
• Freezing rain, ice pellets and more snow in forecast for much of southern B.C.

  The national weather agency is warning that surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots will become icy, slippery and hazardous. 

  Weather

  Dec 26, 2022
• Planned outage for Telus services overnight in Fraser Valley Regional District 

  The Fraser Valley Regional District is warning residents that there is a planned temporary outage for Telus service in its region.

  Consumer

  Aug 13, 2022
• RCMP investigating fatal crash in Fraser Canyon after motorcycle hits spilled debris

  Police say a tractor-trailer unit lost part of its load between Yale and Boston on Monday, with a motorcycle colliding with the debris

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2022
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• ‘Nobody cares’: No ambulance, no food as residents remain stranded along B.C.’s Highway 1

  It has now been five days since Highway 1 in the canyon was reopened for a short window so residents could leave town and get supplies.

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  Jan 14, 2022
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• 25 years later, B.C. woman recalls family ‘legend’ of her New Year’s Eve birth

  The native of Boston Bar, B.C. was born on New Year's Eve in 1996 in the middle of what Environment Canada called, at that time, the "Snow Storm of the Century."

  Features

  Jan 2, 2022