June 12, 2024 – CBC News The B.C. government is introducing new measures to make it easier for evacuees to receive financial support during climate disasters. On Wednesday, Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma announced people displaced by wildfires and other …

May 18, 2024 – Boshika Gupta/CBC News Officials are establishing support systems for thousands of evacuees displaced from their homes by wildfires in parts of British Columbia last week. In Fort Nelson and the Fort Nelson First Nation, 4,700 people …

May 17, 2024 – CBC News British Columbians planning to travel over the Victoria Day long weekend are being urged to take precautions and stay informed about wildfire activity and road conditions. In a press conference Friday, B.C. Emergency Management …

May 17, 2024 – Caitlin Coombes/Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – During a press briefing on the wildfire situation in the northeast, Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bowinn Ma announced the mobilization of a second incident management team to combat fires …

May 17, 2024 – CBC News The mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality is condemning videos posted to social media showing wildfire-damaged property near Fort Nelson, B.C. It’s been one week since more than 4,700 people from Fort Nelson …

May 13, 2024 – Max Bowder/Energeticcity.ca FORT NELSON, B.C. — There’s a chance for volatile wildfire activity near Fort Nelson this afternoon as Highway 97 and Highway 77 to the north remain closed, according to BC Minister of Emergency Management …

May 10, 2024 – Dave Lueneberg/102.9 Rewind Radio The BC government is unveiling the Emergency Ready Planner, an online tool, it says, will help British Columbians to better prepare themselves for evacuations in the situation of a wildfire, flood, or …

May 9, 2024 – Indo-Canadian Voice With many parts of the province experiencing warmer weather and British Columbia forecast to have an active wildfire season, the Province is introducing an interactive Emergency Ready Planner to help people create an emergency …

May 9, 2024 – Wolf Depner/The Abbotsford News B.C.’s Emergency Minister is warning of increased wildfire activity in B.C. as temperatures are expected to reach 30 C this weekend. “With these heightened temperatures, we may see an increase in wildfire …

May 7, 2024 – Courtney Dickson/CBC The province says it’s working with Meta, the company that owns the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, to ensure important information is distributed to its users during times of emergency, such as wildfires. …