Rubble left to be cleared. Keremeos Hotel burnt to the ground. Many people (up to 20) without a job for some time at the Red Bridge Pub, the Hotel Liquor Store and the 7th Street Diner. Market next door closed since fire due to lack of electrical power and some damage. Store will attempt to […]
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6 am – Apex area fire
Shirley Bond to speak
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Apex turnoff fire – growing but away from homes
Update: As the crews in the air retire for the night the upslope fire has grown to 35 hectares with 20 crew on the ground with more coming in the morning. Ministery officials says no structures near the fire or threatened. No evacuation orders. RCMP was stopping traffic at Apex Turnoff (Marron Valley Rd) at […]
Salute – 40 years
1974 – a time when disco ruled the dance floor, bell bottoms were in vogue and B.C.’s first patients were transported in ambulances that resembled station wagons 1974 – the first year of operations for Canada’s first provincewide ambulance service A history of the BC Ambulance Service Over the last four decades, BC Ambulance Service has […]