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Evacuation order lifted for more Shuswap areas

Evacuation order lifted for more Shuswap areas

Residents can now make their way home, but are still under an evacuation alert
Another full-day closure planned for Highway 4 near Port Alberni

Another full-day closure planned for Highway 4 near Port Alberni

Aug. 29 closure necessary if road will re-open fully by Labour Day: transportation ministry
BC Wildfire conducting aerial ignition on McDougall Creek wildfire

BC Wildfire conducting aerial ignition on McDougall Creek wildfire

Crews are working to strengthen control lines in the northern portion of the McDougall Creek wildfire
Doctors, nurses want B.C. to limit wildfire, climate impacts of LNG industry

Doctors, nurses want B.C. to limit wildfire, climate impacts of LNG industry

Group gathered outside Premier David Eby’s office call for moratorium on future LNG projects
B.C. wildfires fuelling conspiracy theories

B.C. wildfires fuelling conspiracy theories

UBC expert says traumatic events can lead people to conspiracies to try and make sense of what’s happening
Update: Victoria street re-opens as police arrest man for ‘lighting items on fire’

Update: Victoria street re-opens as police arrest man for ‘lighting items on fire’

Police negotiating with man lighting things on fire
Trans Mountain pipeline project runs into fresh construction-related hurdle

Trans Mountain pipeline project runs into fresh construction-related hurdle

It wants to alter the route slightly for a 1.3-km stretch of pipe
First Nations ‘shutting down’ B.C.’s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month

First Nations ‘shutting down’ B.C.’s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month

Lil’wat, N’Quatqua First Nations say the park will reopen on National Truth and Reconciliation Day
Wildfires drive back smoky skies across B.C.

Wildfires drive back smoky skies across B.C.

Air quality advisory for many regions, including Okanagan
Province restricts water use on Koksilah, Cowichan rivers as drought now at highest level

Province restricts water use on Koksilah, Cowichan rivers as drought now at highest level

CVRD urges residents to use less water