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Fire threatens homes near West Kelowna, evacuation orders, alerts issued in Kelowna
By The Canadian Press on August 18th, 2023
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C., is challenging fire crews as they brace for what the operations director with BC Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the provincial wildfire season. Thousands of people have been placed on evacuation alert in the Okanagan city, while close ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Remaining residents in Yellowknife urged to get out as sprinklers, fire guards set up
By The Canadian Press on August 18th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Officials in the Northwest Territories are urging thousands of residents remaining in its capital to leave by noon today before a nearby wildfire could cut off access. The evacuation of Yellowknife was ordered late Wednesday and sprinklers, water cannons and fire guards are being set up to protect the city of 20,000 people. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Northwest Territories under threat by wildfires — and lack of local news
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on August 18th, 2023
Residents of the Northwest Territories are feeling the effect of the news vacuum on Facebook as they flee communities that are under threat by wildfires. But industry observers say the regional media landscape was barren long before Meta – Facebook’s parent company – pulled news content from its platforms in Canada, and that the current ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In wake of N.S. flooding tragedy, a mother and father press for better preparedness
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on August 18th, 2023
MARTOCK, N.S. – Tera Sisco reaches into a drawer, pulls out a sheet of paper and reads a sentence prepared for her son’s funeral after he died in Nova Scotia’s historic flooding in late July. “I’m not done being Colton’s Mom,” it says. During a recent interview at her home, Sisco said this phrase is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire evacuations ordered for thousands of people in West Kelowna, B.C.
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
Hundreds of properties were ordered to evacuate late Thursday under threat from a wildfire near the city of West Kelowna, B.C., which has been placed under a state of emergency. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations ordered the evacuation of close to a thousand homes, representing about 2,500 people, with thousands of other properties placed on alert ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire evacuations ordered for hundreds more properties in West Kelowna, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
Wildfire evacuation orders have been expanded to hundreds more properties that are being threatened by a blaze near the City of West Kelowna, with thousands of others placed on alert. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations ordered the evacuations of 763 more properties late Thursday, increasing the total to 831. It says the “tactical evacuation” of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Evacuations ordered for hundreds more properties in West Kelowna, B.C.
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
Wildfire evacuation orders have been expanded to hundreds more properties that are being threatened by a blaze near the City of West Kelowna, with thousands of others placed on alert. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations ordered the evacuations of 763 more properties late Thursday, increasing the total to 831. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airlines adjust prices and schedules amid Yellowknife evacuation efforts
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
Airlines are adjusting prices and adding capacity to help with evacuation efforts in Yellowknife. WestJet and Air Canada both said they are taking steps to avoid elevated prices, adding extra flights and swapping in bigger planes amid the rapidly unfolding situation up north. Residents of Yellowknife and two nearby First Nations have been ordered out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!West Kelowna, B.C., declares state of emergency over encroaching wildfire
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A local state of emergency has been declared for the City of West Kelowna and part of the Westbank First Nation under threat from a wildfire. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations has also placed 68 properties on evacuation order and another 5,700 properties on alert due to the nearby McDougall Creek wildfire, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reaction to wildfires forcing evacuation of Yellowknife, other N.W.T. communities
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Wildfires have forced the evacuation of the Northwest Territories capital, home to some 20,000 residents, as well as thousands of others from communities to the south. Here are some comments about the dangerous situation: “We’re all tired of the word unprecedented, yet there is no other way to describe this situation in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: West Kelowna, B.C., declares state of emergency over wildfire
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A local state of emergency has been declared for the City of West Kelowna and part of the Westbank First Nation as a wildfire threatens. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations has also placed 68 properties on evacuation order and another 5,700 properties on alert due to the nearby McDougall Creek wildfire, which has ... Read More »
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