Category Archives: 2018
Red Cross calling for wildfire donations
The Canadian Red Cross is asking for you to help them help wildfire victims in BC. A new appeal for donations has been launched by the organization that will specifically assist those impacted by this...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Minister Donaldson addresses RDBN Chair Bill Miller's criticism
Bulkley Nechako District Chair Bill Miller has been very vocal in his criticism of wildfire resource management in his district. Minister of Forests and Lands Doug Donaldson addressed Miller’s c...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Andrew Weaver calls for banning of foreign property purchasers
BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver is calling for the province to ban foreign home buyers in BC. Weaver says that foreign investors are causing housing prices in BC to be driven up, and that the gove...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Chief Fire Information Officer says infrastructure protection is high priority
Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek spoke today on the difficulties related to managing wildfires in northern BC. http://cfnrfm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/9491-Kevin-Skrepnek-1.mp3 Accord...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
RDBN holding public wildfire information session in Burns Lake
The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is holding a wildfire information meeting this evening in Burns Lake. The purpose of the meeting is to answer all questions relating to the recent evacuation o...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Grass fire spreads to apartment complex in Terrace
What started out as a grass fire ended up sparking a blaze that required RCMP to block off a road in Terrace yesterday. Firefighters received reports of the fire at around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. By...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Shovel Lake Fire now estimated at 684 square kilometres
The Chief of a Fort St. James area First Nation is encouraging members voluntarily leave the community before flames from the Shovel Lake Wildfire force an evacuation order. Alexander McKinnon of the ...
CFNRNews Aug 15, 2018
Over 500 wildfire evacuees come to Prince George
Many residents forced to evacuate the Shovel Lake and other wildfires in the Bulkley-Nechako region are ending up in Prince George. City officials note that the number of evacuees registered in Prince...
CFNRNews Aug 15, 2018
RDBN calls off evacuation order for Gilmore Lake Fire
Some good news for residents affected by a wildfire burning southwest of Topley. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has rescinded an evacuation order for the Gilmore Lake Wildfire. The affected ...
CFNRNews Aug 15, 2018
Shovel Lake fire evacuation alert expanded
The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has issued an expanded evacuation alert for the Shovel Lake Fire. The alert now covers an area east of the Augier Main Forest Service Road to Highway 27 and no...
CFNRNews Aug 15, 2018