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The B.C. Wildfire Service said light rain fell on the 538-hectare fire Tuesday, allowing firefighters to "expand containment, ...
Firefighters tackling a wildfire on Vancouver Island say there was minimal growth overnight on Tuesday, and they hope to use ...
Light rain and higher humidity have helped British Columbia firefighters in their work to contain a wildfire burning out of ...
On Vancouver Island, the province’s only wildfire of note continues to burn out of control at Cameron Lake, just 50 km north ...
An out-of-control wildfire on Vancouver Island has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes outside Nanaimo, B.C., with ...
Highway 4 passes through MacMillan Provincial Park, home to Cathedral Grove, and the Regional District of Nanaimo has told ...
Nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island, as well as a provincial park, have been ordered evacuated due to a wildfire ...
Madison Dahl with the B.C. Wildfire Service said visibility is limited due to smoky conditions and that perimeter and size of the fire are likely to change.
Firefighters continue to battle the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, with 142 BC Wildfire Service personnel hard at ...
A 26-year-old mother and her five-month-old child were killed Thursday by a falling tree at a popular Vancouver Island campground. The incident occurred at the Cumberland Lake Park Campground on Comox ...
It was on Jan. 13, 1849 that Great Britain formally granted a “charter” to the Hudson’s Bay Company to run Vancouver Island as a British colony under private management.