Category Archives: British Columbia
BC Wildfire Service prepares for increase in gusty winds and lightning
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says it is preparing for a potential increase in lightning strikes and shifting winds as cooler weather is forecast over the next few days. Fire information officer...
Aug 14, 2021
Partial Evacuation Order downgrade near White Rock Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has partially downgraded the Evacuation Order near the White Rock Lake wildfire.The following 246 properties that had been on an Evacuation Order, are ...
Aug 14, 2021
UBC researchers map Pacific salmon habitat, finding much is lost or inaccessible
VANCOUVER - Pacific salmon can no longer access hundreds of kilometres of spawning streams or floodplain habitat after decades of urban, agricultural and resource development around British Columbia's...
Aug 14, 2021
Nanaimo's Reuse Rendezvous aims to bolster waste diversion
NANAIMO - Household items in need of a new home are up for grabs with the return of the popular Reuse Rendezvous event.Nanaimo residents are invited to place their usable goods outside their homes on ...
Aug 13, 2021
Recent high of new COVID-19 cases in Island Health continues
NANAIMO - The rising trend of new COVID-19 cases in Island Health shows no signs of stopping. Another 29 new cases were found in the health authority by Friday, Aug. 13, with 11 in the central Island ...
Aug 13, 2021
Interior Health still home to majority of new COVID-19 cases
The Interior Health region is now home to 2,446 active COVID-19 cases as 376 new cases were confirmed on Friday.The new cases make up 53.4 per cent of the 717 new cases identified across British Colum...
Aug 13, 2021
Search underway for missing diver off Winchelsea Islands
NANAIMO - A diver vanished in the waters off Lantzville, leading to an extensive search effort.Nanaimo RCMP reported a man failed to resurface to a boat off the shores of the Winchelsea Islands at abo...
Aug 13, 2021
B.C. reports 717 cases of COVID-19, three new outbreaks in seniors' care facilities
VICTORIA - British Columbia has reported 717 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the number of active infections in the province to 4,277. Over half the latest cases and about 57 per cent of active infecti...
Aug 13, 2021
Logan Lake banking on FireSmart steps to protect residents
KAMLOOPS - Canada's first FireSmart community is being put to the test. Logan Lake is under an evacuation order, threatened by the unpredictable Tremont Creek wildfire. The wildfire jumped fire guards...
Aug 13, 2021
Heat wave, winds compound wildfire risk in B.C., with no relief due until Sunday
More help is on the way for exhausted fire crews in British Columbia who are battling nearly 270 wildfires, along with high heat and strong winds. Quebec's forest fire protection agency says a conting...
Aug 13, 2021
