Disaster

• B.C. premier to visit Interior towns, cities affected by devastating wildfires

  B.C. Premier David Eby and Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma are set to visit the province's southern Interior today to meet with those affected by this season's wildfires.

  Weather

  Sep 11
  
• Okanagan residents warned not to dodge wildfire checkpoints

  Residents of wildfire evacuation zones around West Kelowna are being warned not to try to dodge police checkpoints and to stay out of restricted areas or face possible fines.

  Politics

  Sep 7
  
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• Bears force 160 people to pull out of B.C. wildfire crew camp

  About 160 firefighters battling a blaze in B.C.'s Interior have pulled out of their camp after they were subjected to what the BC Wildfire Service calls "persistent bear activity."

  Aug 31
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• Shuswap wildfire and evacuee blowback fans B.C. political flames

  The Shuswap wildfire has sparked a fight over whether Opposition MLAs have been encouraging residents to disobey firefighters or if the government is refusing to listen to critics.

  Fire

  Aug 31
• No more ‘Forest Fridays’: B.C. students face return to school after wildfires

  Alesha Campbell's daughter Maddie, 5, used to look forward to 'Forest Fridays,' when she and kindergarten classmates would walk through the woods behind her West Kelowna school.

  Fire

  Aug 30
• Heavy rain aids in tempering wildfires burning in B.C.’s Southern Interior

  Firefighters in British Columbia's southern Interior continue to battle a number of major blazes, having been aided by rainfall Wednesday over the Okanagan and Shuswap regions.

  Politics

  Aug 24
• B.C. wildfires: Why some British Columbians say they won’t leave the fire zone

  North Shuswap resident Kyle Boppre offers a simple explanation when asked why he defied an evacuation order issued as a wildfire bore down on his neighbourhood.

  Fire

  Aug 23
• Fire evacuees dealing with uncertain future in Kelowna, West Kelowna

  Robert Pullen and his husband, Warren, got a knock on their door on Thursday night from a neighbour, and estimate they had about 10 minutes to get out the door.

  Fire

  Aug 20
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• Yukon fly-in community ordered evacuated due to wildfire risk

  The remote fly-in community of Old Crow in Yukon has been ordered evacuated due to a weather change that increases the risk of wildfires.

  Fire

  Aug 9
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• Scores attend memorial honouring Zak Muise, killed fighting B.C.’s wildfires

  A memorial was scheduled Wednesday for Zak Muise, who died last month fighting the Donnie Creek wildfire in B.C.'s northeast.

  Fire

  Aug 9