Just six days ago, it was a raging inferno licking Highway 3 and threatening properties below, prompting an evacuation alert for 10 homes, as well as smoke advisories. Continue reading
Drought conditions, above average temperatures and “significantly” lower-than-average snow pack levels combined indicate a “busier than normal season.” Continue reading
The province is budgeting more money to fight B.C. wildfires. Continue reading
Winemakers can only hope the scent of smoke that’s in the air across British Columbia from wildfires won’t swirl in the glass once this year’s vintages have been bottled. Continue reading
Matt Melnyk said in all his years of flying, he had not seen anything like it, adding it was pure luck that he was able to see it because of the calm conditions in the sky. Continue reading
Fire officials said updated mapping pegs the Snowy Mountain wildfire near Keremeos, B.C. at more than 12,000 hectares. Continue reading
The fire is burning through new-growth areas that were torched in the massive Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park Fire in 2003. Continue reading
A business owner says it is not as bad as news reports are making it out to be. Continue reading
A well-known Okanagan wine family faced the 2003 wildfires. Now they dodged Mount Eneas. Continue reading
Little relief is in the Okanagan weather forecast for crews battling fires across the region. Continue reading