Wildfires

TEGART – NDP isn’t on the ball when it comes to actioning wildfires

May 10, 2024 // 1 Comment

By JACKIE TEGART MLA, Fraser-Nicola IT SEEMS LIKE every year, the wildfire season in British Columbia intensifies, devastating families and communities. This year, wildfires [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Nature parks and trails will remain open during high fire danger

May 6, 2024 // 3 Comments

Nature parks and nature trails will remain open during extreme fire danger periods this year. Historically, these areas have been closed to reduce traffic in high-risk nature [Continue]

COLLINS – New wildfire training centre has great potential

April 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

IT WILL TAKE a while, but when a new wildfire training and education centre opens down the road, it could well provide a focal point for vast improvements in how we [Continue]

WILDFIRE – Regional district offers free FireSmart home assessments in EAs

March 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

With the arrival of spring weather, a free FireSmart™ home assessment is available to residents of the 10 electoral areas in the TNRD. During the assessment, a TNRD [Continue]

COLLINS – It’s almost too late to prepare for wildfire season

March 17, 2024 // 3 Comments

IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY NOTICED, temperatures are rising. An early spring has started. While most of us are preparing for a return to warmer weather, we pay relatively [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Study shows drought conditions promote overnight burning

March 16, 2024 // 0 Comments

A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) expert on wildfire behaviour has co-authored an article on drought and overnight wildfires in Nature, one of the world’s leading [Continue]