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B.C. wildfire season hits 599 fires

Over $50 million has been spent on the firefighting effort

(Public Safety Canada)
BREAKING: 100 Mile evacuation to last at least another week

BREAKING: 100 Mile evacuation to last at least another week

The Evacuation Order will remain in effect for at least seven more days

BREAKING: 100 Mile evacuation to last at least another week
B.C. Green leader Andrew Weaver and NDP leader John Horgan (Black Press)

NDP creates new department to work with Greens

John Horgan, Christy Clark pick senior staff for new roles

B.C. Green leader Andrew Weaver and NDP leader John Horgan (Black Press)
(Black Press photo)

RCMP send 340 officers from B.C. and Alberta to help with wildfires

RCMP say there will be ‘no tolerance for criminal activities’ in fire evacuation zones

(Black Press photo)
The Desert Park Exhibition Society in Osoyoos is offering their horse stalls for free boarding to wildfire evacuees.                                Mark Brett/Penticton Western News

Barns available for wildfire evacuees

Desert Park Exhibition Society offering barn space at no cost to horse owners in the path of wildfire

The Desert Park Exhibition Society in Osoyoos is offering their horse stalls for free boarding to wildfire evacuees.                                Mark Brett/Penticton Western News
BREAKING: Princeton fire grows to 2,700 hectares overnight

BREAKING: Princeton fire grows to 2,700 hectares overnight

140 firefighters are deployed to the suppression effort today

BREAKING: Princeton fire grows to 2,700 hectares overnight
Heavy smoke form the Ashcroft Reserve fires still blankets the region. (Barbara Roden/Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal)

Thick smokes still blankets Ashcroft

Regional district has created Facebook pages to help direct aid

Heavy smoke form the Ashcroft Reserve fires still blankets the region. (Barbara Roden/Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal)
VIDEO: Help pours in from all over Canada for evacuees, firefighters in B.C.
VIDEO: Help pours in from all over Canada for evacuees, firefighters in B.C.
A forest fires to the west of Cache Creek. (Spearacanoe/Twitter)

Cache Creek electoral areas E, I, J under evacuation alert

Thompson-Nicola Regional District issues an evacuation alert

A forest fires to the west of Cache Creek. (Spearacanoe/Twitter)
Image credit: Facebook/BC Wildfire Evacuee Support

Supplies are on the way now

“These guys are just amazing…they cover their own gas and they don’t ask for anything.”

Image credit: Facebook/BC Wildfire Evacuee Support
A city-wide evacuation alert has been issued for the entire city of Williams Lake due to forecasted weather conditions. Angie Mindus photo.

VIDEO: Evacuation alert issued for Williams Lake

Williams Lake CAO “fairly confident” that there will be no evacuation order Monday night

A city-wide evacuation alert has been issued for the entire city of Williams Lake due to forecasted weather conditions. Angie Mindus photo.
YMCA opens door to evacuees

YMCA opens door to evacuees

There are 12 YMCA locations across the province accepting evacuees.

YMCA opens door to evacuees
Call line open to find lost loved ones

Call line open to find lost loved ones

A call line is available for families whose loved ones have been relocated due to wildfire activity

Call line open to find lost loved ones
WestJet airlines. (WestJet.com)

WestJet fare break for fire victims

WestJet is offering a 25%-off promo code for those wishing to leave Kelowna, Penticton and Kamloops

WestJet airlines. (WestJet.com)
Five-year-old Victoria boy’s Deadpool pose goes viral

Five-year-old Victoria boy’s Deadpool pose goes viral

Photo catches eye of Ryan Reynolds and gets a million likes on Instagram

Five-year-old Victoria boy’s Deadpool pose goes viral
Ashcroft wildfire hits 6,100 hectares

Ashcroft wildfire hits 6,100 hectares

Some 120 firefighters, eight helicopters, and eight pieces of heavy equipment are fighting the blaze

Ashcroft wildfire hits 6,100 hectares
A Greenpeace employee climbs a flagpole in front of the B.C. legislature the morning after a deal is reached between the NDP and B.C. Green Party to form a minority government. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)

The conquest of rural B.C.

Urban environmentalists have occupied the NDP

A Greenpeace employee climbs a flagpole in front of the B.C. legislature the morning after a deal is reached between the NDP and B.C. Green Party to form a minority government. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)
B.C. forests more fire-prone than in the past

B.C. forests more fire-prone than in the past

One expert says past firefighting efforts have made B.C. forests more fire-prone

B.C. forests more fire-prone than in the past
BREAKING: Further evacuation orders issued in Princeton

BREAKING: Further evacuation orders issued in Princeton

As of Monday morning, the BC Widlfire Service estimates the Princeton fire at 2,000 hectares

BREAKING: Further evacuation orders issued in Princeton
VIDEO: Fires near Quesnel remain steady

VIDEO: Fires near Quesnel remain steady

Dragon Mountain and Narcosli Creek fires not growing yet

VIDEO: Fires near Quesnel remain steady