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Highway 97 re-opened but could potentially close again
Highway 97 has now been reopened but DriveBC is warning drivers of the problems with visibility because of smoke between Big Bar Rd and 94 Mile Frontage - five km south of 100 Mile House to 7 km north...
Jul 15, 2021
Evacuation alerts becoming regular occurrence in BC due to Wildfires
Danger from B-C wildfires has picked up, prompting several evacuation orders and alerts to go into effect yesterday and early this morning. More than 300 wildfires are currently burning in the provinc...
Jul 15, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
Expert says only fraction of area has been searched at Kamloops Residential School
One of the experts who used a specialized radar to search the grounds of a former Indigenous residential school for signs of human graves says only a fraction of the area has been checked. Sarah Beaul...
Jul 15, 2021
Interim Report inconclusive on what caused Lytton Fire
An interim report released today by the Transportation Safety Board had no conclusions on the cause of the wildfire that devastated the Village of Lytton last month. The T-S-B began investigating the ...
Jul 15, 2021
Highway 97 closed in both directions
Highway 97 has recently had both of it's directions close between Big Bar Lake Road and Montessa Drive due to the Flat Lake wildfire, which has now expanded to 2,000 hectares. According to DriveBC, fo...
Jul 14, 2021
Highway 20 Closed in both directions
Highway 20 has been closed in both directions because of a forest fire between the Rainbow Range Trailhead and Elsey Road for 32.6 km, and it's between 38 to six km west of Anahim Lake. DriveBC noted ...
Jul 14, 2021
Roman Catholic Diocese Bishop apologizes for role in Residential Schools after new discovery
The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria has apologized after more than 160 unmarked and undocumented graves were reportedly found at a residential school on an island near Chemainus. Bish...
Jul 14, 2021
Environment Canada issues air quality statement for Central and East BC
Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for much of central and eastern B-C warning of smoke from wildfires burning across the province. The weather agency says smoky skies will ...
Jul 14, 2021
District of 100 Mile House placed under Evacuation alert due to wildfires
The District of 100 Mile House in the Cariboo region has been placed under an evacuation alert due to wildfires raging in the area. Residents of about one-thousand properties south of 100 Mile House a...
Jul 14, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
BC Announces plan to improve ambulance program in the wake of the heat wave
The province has announced plans to beef up B-C's ambulance system after sudden deaths increased 300 per cent during the recent extreme heat wave. That includes hiring 85 new full-time paramedics, 30 ...
Jul 14, 2021