Category Archives: Wildfires
Small wildfire ignites east of Cache Creek off Trans Canada Highway
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) is dealing with a small wildfire in a very visible location west of Kamloops Tuesday afternoon (May 17). The fire has popped up right beside the Tr...
May 17, 2022
Wildfire risk reduction activities beginning near Alexis Creek
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says work will begin near Alexis Creek to reduce the risk of future wildfires.In a news release Tuesday (March 1), BCWS says wildfire risk reduction ac...
Mar 01, 2022
New TNRD program to help clean up after 2021 wildfires
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD), in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross and the B.C. government, says it will assist with debris cleanup for those who lost structures in th...
Jan 20, 2022
Christmas comes early for some Monte Lake residents
KAMLOOPS - A fundraiser for Monte Lake residents who lost their homes to the White Rock Lake wildfire, wrapped up in time for the holidays. Community members, and vendors in the Heffley Creek and Sun ...
Dec 24, 2021
Report calls for increased collaboration and communication between province and Secwepemc communities
KAMLOOPS - On July 6th, 2017 about 2.5 kilometres southwest of Ashcroft, the human-caused Elephant Hill Wildfire started, which would burn for several months, destroy hundreds of structures, and consu...
Dec 08, 2021
Safety minister appoints recovery liaisons between province and Lytton for wildfire recovery
LYTTON, B.C. - Two parliamentary secretaries with experience in supporting Grand Forks' community rebuild from the 2018 floods have been tasked as being recovery liaisons between the B.C. government a...
Oct 27, 2021
Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Doerkson pushes government to 'recognize the lessons learned' from 2021 fire season
VICTORIA - The devastating 2021 wildfire season was the focus of a private member's bill raised in the B.C. legislature Monday (Oct. 25).Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson called on his colleagues t...
Oct 26, 2021
Mayor of Lytton looks forward to rebuilding community
KAMLOOPS - After a devastating wildfire wiped out the Village of Lytton in June, residents are slowly returning to what's left of the place they once called home."You know, it's devastating when you l...
Oct 18, 2021
Lytton residents protest train activity, call to action for climate change
KAMLOOPS - An estimated 140 plus Lytton residents gathered on the railway that runs through the village on Sunday (Oct. 17) as a call to action for climate change.It comes after the Transportation Saf...
Oct 18, 2021
Lytton mayor, residents question TSB fire investigation
LYTTON, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada says there's no evidence of a link between train activity and the Lytton wildfire on June 30th - and the mayor of Lytton says the people ...
Oct 15, 2021
