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Category Archives: BC Wildfires
Premier Horgan defends decision to not declare provincial state of emergency over wildfires
There continues to be calls from around the province asking the BC Government to declare a provincial state of emergency in light of the 300-plus wildfires currently burning. However, speaking to medi...
Jul 16, 2021
Sandman Centre opening as smoke refuge for Kamloops residents
The Sandman Centre concourse will be open for Kamloopsians who want a break from the smoke. The concourse will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until further notice, though that schedule is su...
Jul 16, 2021
TNRD unanimously votes to ask B.C. government to declare wildfire provincial state of emergency
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District board has voted unanimously to ask the B.C. government to declare a provincial state of emergency because of the wildfire situation. Board Chair Ken Gillis tells ...
Jul 15, 2021
Interior Health expanding evacuations in 100 Mile House, Ashcroft because of nearby wildfires
Interior Health is expanding its evacuations of people in areas currently impacted by wildfires in the Thompson and Cariboo region. Forty additional long-term care residents are being proactively evac...
Jul 15, 2021
Highway 97 reopens between Clinton and 100 Mile House as crews fight Flat Lake wildfire
Some good news in the south Cariboo as the BC Wildfire Service continues to fight the Flat Lake wildfire that has forced thousands of evacuation orders and alerts south of 100 Mile House, including th...
Jul 15, 2021
UPDATE - Kamloops firefighters making progress in battling 33 hectare fire south of Aberdeen near Jacko Lake
It appears that firefighters are making progress in fighting a 33 hectare fire that is burning between Jacko Lake and Long Lake Road on the southern outskirts of Kamloops, near Aberdeen. In a statemen...
Jul 15, 2021
UPDATE - Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Savona put on evacuation alert because of Tremont Creek wildfire
The communities of Ashcroft and Cache Creek along with neighbouring properties in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District have been put on an evacuation alert because of the Tremont Creek wildfire. "We ...
Jul 14, 2021
Interior Health evacuates 17 patients from 100 Mile Hospital because of wildfire threat
Interior Health says it is evacuating 17 patients from the 100 Mile Hospital because of a nearby wildfire that has the entire community on evacuation alert. In an statement, IHA says six residents fro...
Jul 14, 2021
Embleton Mountain Fire to lead to discussions about secondary access road to Sun Peaks
Just like it did for residents in Juniper Ridge in Kamloops, a nearby wildfire is likely going to lead to discussions about an improved secondary access road to Sun Peaks Resort. Heffley-Louis Creek R...
Jul 14, 2021
100 Mile House, Seymour Arm latest Interior communities on evacuation alert from wildfires
The list of communities on evacuation alert or order is growing rapidly in the southern Interior. The District of 100 Mile House has been put on evacuation alert because of the nearby Flat Lake wildfi...
Jul 14, 2021
