2018 was the worst year on record for wildfires
Lead author Jiayun Angela Yao says rapid public health action to limit smoke exposure is vital
More air tankers, smaller camps as season off to slow start
Many staff are completing other training at home
The risk gradually falls over the course of the summer, but remains above the 30-year average.
Digital registration for evacuees, new wildfire app launched
Investigation did not identify who started the fire
A cause for most of the wildfires is listed as unknown
Properties now under an evacuation notice include an area in the Senkulmen Business Park in Oliver
Night vision goggles tested for early detection effort
Chief Travis Whiting and Kelowna Fire Department learn from the devasting U.S. fires
Tax, insurance cuts proposed for private land ‘fire smart’ efforts
Tax, insurance cuts proposed for private land ‘fire smart’ efforts
Forest fuel program no longer requires local cost-sharing
‘New normal’ is not a solution, just an empty sound bite
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan joins John Horgan for tour
Canadian Forces to join foreign crews as B.C. reaches 600 fires
Haze within the Northwest Fire Centre coming from fires burning outside the province
Nearly a year later, the Canadian Red Cross and BC Government reflect on the 2017 wildfires
A wildfire sparked Monday afternoon along the Trans Canada Highway west of Kamloops