Friday night ends at Main Stage with performance by Blue Rodeo
Flights are cancelled ‘to allow for aerial firefighting activities in the surrounding communities’
BC Wildfire Service now working with officials south of the border to fight 37,000-hectare blaze
‘…just on this brief pass through, that 50 to 60 per cent of Scotch Creek is okay or minimal damage’
A man and woman were released on conditions they stay out of Yellowknife amid evacuation order
All evacuation alerts and orders remain the same
The wildfire is currently 769 hectares in size
McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna now 10,500 hectares
Okanagan is seeing the worst of severe wildfires, sparking state of emergencies and numerous evacuation orders
‘It’s been absolutely the most devastating day of wildfire in the Shuswap’s history.’
The road is closed between Shuswap Avenue and Passchendaele Road
The declaration comes as the province sees its worst wildfire season on record
The declaration comes as the province sees its worst wildfire season on record
Evacuees from West Kelowna, Kelowna seniors homes sheltering at hospital
Several wildfires around burning in the Okanagan, specifically in Kelowna, West Kelowna and Lake Country
McDougall Creek fire spreads north to resort
Emergency management minister says more work needs to be done on prevention, adaptation
‘The good news is that no houses were lost and no lives were lost.’
‘Priority is safety of our community and access to the airspace required by aerial firefighters’
The ‘aggressive’ Upper Park Rill Creek wildfire continues to rapidly grow west of Okanagan Falls
