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B.C. implementing new travel restrictions to free up hotel rooms for wildfire evacuees
The B.C. government is using the extraordinary powers granted to it under its state of emergency declaration to implement a restriction on tourism-related travel to areas affected by wildfires. Emerge...
Aug 19, 2023 A BC RCMP vehicle guiding traffic during the wildfires of 2023. (Photo via Southeast District RCMP)
Some structures lost in North Shuswap as BC Wildfire warns of more evacuation orders and alerts
UPDATE 2:00pm - Officials in the North Shuswap say no lives have been lost after the massive 20 kilometre run taken by the Lower East Adams Lake fire on Friday. But John MacLean with the Columbia-Shus...
Aug 19, 2023 Satellite imagery detecting heat signatures on the two Adams Lake fires. (Photo via NASA FIRMS/BC Wildfire Service)
Remainder of 2023 Roots and Blues festival cancelled due to wildfires
Organizers of the Roots and Blues festival in Salmon Arm have cancelled the rest of this weekend's events because of wildfires. The 31st edition of the three-day event was set to feature Five Alarm Fu...
Aug 19, 2023 Photo via Salmon Arm Folk Music Society
UPDATE - CSRD issues evacuation orders for Sorrento and Skimikin areas
UPDATE 1:45 pm - The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District has upgraded an evacuation alert for the Sorrento area to an evacuation order because of the the threat of wildfire on Squilax mountain. It has ...
Aug 19, 2023 Updated evacuation orders and alerts issued by the CSRD on Aug 18, 2023. (Photo via CSRD)
TNRD orders eight more evacuations south of Kamloops due to Ross Moore Lake fire
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has ordered the evacuation of eight more properties due the potential danger to life and safety caused by the Ross Moore Lake wildfire. The eight properties in El...
Aug 18, 2023 Photo via TNRD
B.C. declares state of emergency after "rapid deterioration" of wildfire situation
British Columbia has declared a provincewide state of emergency in response to "unprecedented'' wildfires that have forced the evacuation of at least 10,000 more people late Friday. Premier David Eby ...
Aug 18, 2023 The Lower East Adams Lake Fire (right) and the Bush Creek East Fire (left) near Adams lake as seen on Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo via Kelly Kennedy)
Village of Chase on evacuation alert due to Bush Creek East Fire
UPDATE 9 pm - The Village of Chase is on an evacuation alert due to the Bush Creek East wildfire. Its as the fast-moving Bush Creek East wildfire has moved closer to the community, fuelled by strong w...
Aug 18, 2023
Evacuations by boat underway as Scotch Creek Bridge closed
Search and Rescue crews are evacuating people in the North Shuswap by boat as the Scotch Creek bridge on Squilax-Anglemont Road is closed due to the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire. "There is Rank 5 fi...
Aug 18, 2023 The Scotch Creek Bridge
KFR preparing for potential fire in city limits as conditions remain extreme
As parts of B.C. remains on edge due to an evolving wildfire situation, Kamloops firefighters say they are preparing for a potential fire within city limits. That's according to Deputy Chief Ryan Cail...
Aug 18, 2023 Kamloops Fire and Rescue Engine 2 (Photo via Kamloops Fire and Rescue)
Charges expected after man arrested following July 31 shooting in North Kamloops
Kamloops RCMP say charges are likely after a man was arrested following a July 31 shooting on Schubert Drive near Richmond Avenue that sent a woman to hospital with serious injuries. Mounties say the ...
Aug 18, 2023
