Category Archives: 2018
Burn operation planned to protect community southwest of Telegraph Creek
The BC Wildfire Service says residents in Dease Lake, Iskut, and nearby communities will likely see a lot of smoke if a planned burn operation on the Alkali Lake fire goes ahead. Officials hope to slo...
CFNRNews Aug 26, 2018
CRD partially downgrades evacuation order in the Kluskus area
The Cariboo Regional District has downgraded the evacuation order for 10 properties in the Kluskus area to an evacuation alert allowing residents to return to the area. The CRD says wildfires remain a...
CFNRNews Aug 26, 2018
RDBN rescinds evacuation alert along a stretch north of the Highway 16 corridor
The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has rescinded an evacuation alert related to the Shovel Lake wildfire. The area no longer under alert stretches from north of Highway 16 to south of Tatin Lake...
CFNRNews Aug 26, 2018
RDBN partially lifts some evacuation orders for the Shovel Lake fire
More people forced to flee the Shovel Lake wildfire can return to their properties. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has rescinded a portion of the evacuation orders for the Cunningham and nor...
CFNRNews Aug 26, 2018
Area restriction order in place for fire northwest of Fort St. James
The BC Wildfire Service has announced an area restriction order for Crown Land near the Sakeniche wildfire. The fire is burning about 20 kilometres north of Middle River and about 120 kilometres north...
CFNRNews Aug 26, 2018
Southside residents protest the pullout of specialized firefighting gear
A group of Lakes District residents protested the removal of wildfire fighting equipment they hoped would help protect their homes Saturday. About a hundred residents of Southside, a community across ...
CFNRNews Aug 25, 2018
RDBN rescinds portion of Nadina Lake fire evacuation alert
The the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has rescinded part of the evacuation alert related to the Nadina Lake wildfire. The area given the all clear is from east of Highway 35 to west of the Ters...
CFNRNews Aug 25, 2018
CRD downgrades evacuation order/alert for some areas
The wildfire threat in the Cariboo Regional District is easing for some areas. The CRD has downgraded the evacuation order for 23 properties in the Narcosli area to an evacuation alert. Officials are ...
CFNRNews Aug 25, 2018
Quesnel Walmart thief pepper sprays two off-duty Mounties
Quesnel Mounties are looking for a suspect after an attempted robbery at the local Walmart. Police were called to the store just before 9:00 p.m. Friday night. Two off-duty officers hear an employee y...
CFNRNews Aug 25, 2018
RDBN partially rescinds evacuation order for north shore of Fraser Lake
Some residents on the north shore of Fraser Lake will be able to go home. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has partially rescinded an evacuation order related to the Shovel Lake wildfire. The ...
CFNRNews Aug 25, 2018