Aug. 4, 2017, Delta, B.C. – The mayor of Delta, B.C., has closed five local parks over wildfire concerns. Tinder dry conditions coupled with a lack of provincial resources and extreme fire risk are behind the decision. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
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Aug. 4, 2017, Vancouver – This year’s wildfire season has become British Columbia’s worst in six decades, and a provincial spokesman says the action is far from over. Kevin Skrepnek of the BC Wildfire Service said Thursday that 4,910 square kilometres of forest, bush and grassland have been torched, making 2017 the second worst year […]
Aug. 4, 2017 – The highway that winds through British Columbia’s Kootenay National Park was closed for much of the day Wednesday as wildfire smoke made for dangerous driving conditions. Parks Canada said it closed Highway 93 from Castle Junction near the Trans-Canada Highway to the town of Radium Hot Springs some 100 kilometres south. […]
Aug. 3, 2017, Clinton, B.C. – The two largest wildfires raging in B.C.’s Interior forced two new evacuation orders on Wednesday afternoon. The evacuation order prompted by the Elephant Hill fire — which is now over 80,000 hectares — has expanded to include an area to the southwest of Clinton, which is already under an […]
Aug. 3, 2017, Victoria, B.C. – A boat erupted into flames in Victoria’s Inner Harbour Wednesday, sending a massive tower of black smoke into the sky that could be seen around the Capital Region. The boat was at Laurel Point in the Fisherman’s Wharf area when it caught fire at around 11:45 a.m., according to […]
Aug. 3, 2017, Toronto – Toronto police and firefighters had to deal with another construction crane climber on Wednesday night. Authorities were called at about 11:30 p.m. concerning a man who had scaled a crane at a downtown work site (at Dundas and Jarvis). After about three hours of negotiations involving police and a psychiatrist, […]
Aug. 3, 2017, Toronto -The city of Toronto has laid out a strategy in response to a spike in suspected opioid-related deaths in recent weeks with measures that include speeding up the opening of three supervised injection sites. Mayor John Tory says the city will also step up training for paramedics and firefighters in areas […]
Aug. 3, 2017, Toronto – Investigators say a lack of smoke alarms in the vaulted ceiling of a cottage near Peterborough, Ont., was a key factor in the deaths of four people last December. They say the exact cause of the fire at the cottage on Stoney Lake early on Christmas Eve 2016 is unknown, […]
Aug. 2, 2017, Nanaimo, B.C. – Five Nanaimo residents woke up early Tuesday morning to discover flames coming from a bedroom that had been converted to a licensed medical marijuana grow-op, according to Nanaimo Fire. The Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 2, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – Wildfires have destroyed more than 300 buildings across British Columbia as smoke creates visibility problems for crews expecting to fight more fires in the coming days, officials say. The lost structures include 71 homes, 116 outbuildings such as sheds and barns, and three commercial buildings, said Robert Turner with […]