Wildfires

WILDFIRES – Williams Lake residents cautiously begin returning home

July 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The City of Williams Lake, Williams Lake Indian Band and Cariboo Regional District announced today that residents are now allowed to return to the City of Williams Lake, [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Videos show details of destruction at Loon Lake

July 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

A pair of videos released by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Wednesday (July 26, 2017) show details of the destruction at Loon Lake from the Elephant Hill wildfire. One [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Evacuation order, alert expanded for Monte Lake

July 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

A wildfire evacuation order and an evacuation alert declared Wednesday evening (July 26, 2017) in the Monte Lake area were both expanded at about 9 p.m. The fire — known as [Continue]

LETTER – Call for action: traditional food donations needed for evacuees

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

As of today (July 24, 2017), there are over a hundred wildfires burning throughout BC and at least two dozen of those fires are near First Nations communities, according to [Continue]

VIEWPOINT – Will wildfires make us stronger?

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

I DID NOT realize how horrible wildfires are until I lived through this season in B.C. Going through something is totally different than hearing about it, even when we’re [Continue]

COLLINS – Proof is in the pudding

July 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT WAS GOOD to see Premier Horgan talking about the B.C. wildfire situation in his first days in office, and good to have two cabinet ministers and a parliamentary secretary [Continue]