Category Archives: News
Prime Minister To Discuss Wildfires With Ministers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is meeting today with federal ministers to discuss the government's response to wildfires that have devastated the village of Lytton and surrounding First Nation ...
Jul 02, 2021
Witset Water Treatment Shut Down
The recent heat wave has created problems for the water system in Witset. Community officials say the rapid snow melt of a glacier near the community has dirtied the water supply to the point w...
Jul 02, 2021
Heat Related Deaths Spurs Emergency Program Act Revision
B-C's public safety minister says a rewriting of the Emergency Program Act involving wildfires, floods and even COVID-19 will now include heat waves in order to help prevent deaths related to extreme ...
Jul 02, 2021
Wildfire Evacuation Help for Livestock
The Agriculture Ministry is urging ranchers and livestock operators to register with a program that could help save the lives of animals in wildfire evacuation zones. An unprecedented heat wave...
Jul 02, 2021 BLMIdaho / CC
Lytton Devastated By Wildfire
Residents of Lytton were ordered to evacuate their homes last night due to a wildfire that spread quickly. Mayor Jan Polderman of Lytton issued the order, saying residents and structures were threaten...
Jul 02, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
A Painful Reminder Removed From Lower Post
June 30th marked an important day for the survivors of a former residential school in Lower Post. 46 years to the day after the school closed in 1975, the Daylu Dena Council held an important gatherin...
Jun 30, 2021 Premier John Horgan, announcing the funding for the new community centre in Lower Post. Source: Province of B.C.
Fast and Furious Update
The identity and details of last Friday's highway 16 high speed chase have been released by RCMP. A black Honda Civic exited a line of stopped traffic and accelerated rapidly toward a police officer t...
Jun 30, 2021
More unmarked Graves In Lower Kootenay
The Lower Kootenay Band in B-C's southern Interior says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school operated b...
Jun 30, 2021
Flood Watch for Chilcotin Upgraded to Warning
BC's heatwave is triggering rapid thaws in the high snow pack which means the flood watch affecting the Chilcotin area has been upgraded to a flood warning by the BC River Forecast Centre. The ...
Jun 30, 2021
Dangers of Heat Exposure
As the high temperatures continue to be present for much of Northern BC into the start of July, Northern Health is once again reminding all residents and visitors to be aware of the risks of too much ...
Jun 30, 2021