Organizations dedicated to public safety like volunteer fire departments, search and rescue societies and community policing groups are encouraged to apply for B.C. government community gaming grants by Aug. 31, 2013, Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes said today. Last year, public safety organizations throughout B.C. shared over $7 million in community gaming […]
Archives for July 2013
Last report tonight – 70 hectare wildfire south of White Lake
Wild Fire manager lands at Willowbrook Fire Department station near dusk. All helicopters and tankers on the ground. Tomorrow is another day. Forestry crews will monitor fire overnight. Wildfire communications staff now say that the “area of origin” has been determined. A “cig butt” found and isolated at a fire-start-point north of the Stewart Ranch on way […]
The latest
Michaela Swan, Communications Officer with the Kamloops Fire Centre Wildfire Management Branch says Residents in 7 homes in the Yellow Brick Road alerted to evacuate Residents 5 homes down the hill towards Willowbrook on the White Lake/Fairview Road advised to evacuate. Two water tankers from Kamloops, 4 from Castlegar and one from Penticton fighting the […]
Fire scene – Google Earth
Up the Yellow Brick Road – wild fire keeps air crews busy
Tanker dumps load on wildfire east of Yellow Brick Road – south of the White Lake Observatory on the road to Fairview. (5pm) Several bombers and a spotter appear to have brought the fire under some level of control despite the winds. Crews from Forestry and the Willowbrook Fire Department on the scene near the old […]
Hot Pink – at Canyon Desert
Nk’Mip Canyon Desert Golf was a sea of pink on Saturday as they hosted a Golf Fore the Cure Event. Final numbers of monies raised has not been finalized but this wonderful group of people have exceeded last year’s amount! The format was a scramble and the winner was the Canadian Cancer Society. This is […]
“Where’s the fire?”
Photo by Colleen Misner
