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Another evacuation alert issued by RDOS
Editor’s note – this is for a section of roadway between Summerland and Princeton in the Regional District. This alert is for the Jura Fire and concerns residents of the Erris and Bankier districts east of Princeton. Ministry of Forests says the Jura fire is 35 ha in size and started in mid afternoon. All […]
Extra help needed
Due to elevated wildfire activity in British Columbia, the Wildfire Management Branch has requested the assistance of over 70 out-of-province personnel to aid in fire suppression efforts. One Type 1 Incident Management Team from Alberta, consisting of 14 personnel, arrived in B.C. on July 14, 2014, and has since been deployed to the Red Deer […]
Hudson Hope – ordered evacuated
Sirens sounded in the northeastern British Columbia town of Hudson’s Hope, as its 1,150 residents were ordered to flee from what officials called a blaze too extreme for firefighters to battle on the ground. The Mount McAllister wildfire, which was caused by a lightning strike on Sunday, has mushroomed to 20,000 hectares, or 200 square […]
WW1 – “Hedley Boys”
Imagine if every person in your town donated an average of $195 to the Canadian Armed Forces and 5% of your town’s population enlisted into the Canadian Army in one day. This is what happened in Hedley in the late summer of 1915 – just into the second year of the First World War. In […]
Questions on wildfires – links may help
As wildfire activity increases across the province, so does the activity on this page. We value the opportunity to interact directly with everyone, but the volume of individual questions coming in over the last week has been too much for ou…r staff to address one by one. We will continue to answer as many questions […]
Report on Area C – Planning Commission
Deer Park Estates Zoning Bylaw Amendment: Deer Park Estates is moving towards its final phase and the Amendment is to introduce site specific regulations for the subdivision of the remaining 30 parcels of land. Previous development history resulted in many amendment requests for reduction in set-backs, changes to ‘Buffer’ zones, siting variations of garbage and […]
Fire area grows to 100 ha – notice to evacuate
An Evacuation Alert has been issued by the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) as a result of a wildfire near Apex. Due to an interface fire ( 100 + hectares )and because of the potential danger to life and health, the RDOS has issued an Evacuation Alert for the following […]