Category Archives: British Columbia
Evacuation Order issued for Bonaparte and Criss Creek area
BONAPARTE, B.C. - An evacuation order has been issued for the Bonaparte and Criss Creek area. The TNRD says a rapidly moving wildfire currently located in Electoral Areas "E", "J", & "O" continues...
Aug 12, 2017
Rain coming, not enough to make dent in Elephant Hill wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Elephant Hill wildfire continues to burn in three regional districts in the B.C. Interior, feeding on the dry conditions, and is still mapped at more than 117,000 hectares Three more ev...
Aug 11, 2017
Elephant Hill fire holds steady
KAMLOOPS - The largest fire in the Kamloops Fire Centre has held steady for most of this week, but crews are still hitting it hard. The Elephant Hill fire is more than a month old. After starting near...
Aug 11, 2017
Access to Crown land banned in Cariboo Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service has taken the strongest measures yet to keep people away from areas where they could start new wildfires. As of 1:30 this afternoon, public access to Crown lands wit...
Aug 11, 2017
More Cariboo residents affected by new evacuation order
QUESNEL - A new wildfire evacuation order is affecting nearly a thousand people in B-C’s Interior. Al Richmond, head of the Cariboo Regional District, says 900 people have been ordered to leave ...
Aug 11, 2017
RCMP settle lawsuit, apologize to B.C. woman acquitted of human smuggling
VANCOUVER - The RCMP have settled a lawsuit and apologized for making what they describe as improper comments about a West Vancouver woman accused and later acquitted of human smuggling. Police spokes...
Aug 11, 2017
B.C. considers closing wide swath of backcountry because of wildfire risk
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A mix of dry conditions and forecast lightning has officials in British Columbia considering closing access to a vast section of its backcountry to mitigate the wildfire risk. Re...
Aug 11, 2017
Spallumcheen wildfire under control
VERNON - An evacuation alert remains up for several properties in four mobile homes parks and homes on McLennan Road and Keddleston Road in Spallumcheen because of yesterday’s wildfire. The almo...
Aug 11, 2017
Environment critic says NDP Trans Mountain fight moves goalposts on investors
KAMLOOPS - The BC Liberal environment critic says the NDP government is driving away investment with its vow to fight the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Earlier today, Environment Mi...
Aug 10, 2017
Wildfire Service mum on potential punishment for firefighters caught enjoying campfire
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service won’t say if there was any discipline handed down to a group of firefighting personnel caught enjoying a campfire during a regional burning prohibition. The gr...
Aug 10, 2017
