Category Archives: 2018

The results are in following a Cariboo Regional District referendum regarding replacement fire trucks. 255 residents cast their ballots in the referendum which asked whether the community was in favou...

The Nadina Lake and Verdun Mountain wildfires continue to represent the biggest threat of those included in the Babine Complex. Measuring at over 72 thousand hectares, the Nadina Lake fire is now the ...

The BC Wildfire Service and Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako are holding a wildfire information session at Grassy Plains School today. The session is for community members that have been evacuated...

The Shovel Lake wildfire saw significant activity yesterday as it ballooned to nearly 85 thousand hectares. The east side of the blaze was particularly active as the flames hopped across Settlement Ro...

An evacuation order has been issued in the Klinaklini (Klee-Nah-Klee-Nee) Lake area due to wildfire activity. The order covers 14 properties in the area, and those effected will be evacuated via helic...

Devastating smoke filling the skies in BC has begun to dent many people’s vacation plans. Airports across the province, especially in the interior and Kootenay’s, have begun cancelling fli...

Crews on the Alkali Lake wildfire in Telegraph Creek were able to finally begin significant containment efforts over the weekend. The 39 thousand hectare fire is now listed at 11 percent with a 125 pe...

An area restriction has been put in place by the province for a section of Crown Land northwest of Vanderhoof. The order covers all land in the area of the Tezzeron Lake Wildfire, roughly 106 kms nort...

A First Nation threatened by the Shovel Lake wildfire has declared a state of emergency. The Nak’azdli Whut’en council made the declaration to implement an evacuation order on all Nak̵...

The BC Wildfire Service says two fires burning northwest of Kispiox are creating smoke in the valley. The Pope Fire, a 450 hectare blaze, is burning 25 km northwest of Kispiox. Officials say the fire ...