B.C. Ombudsperson says the province needs Indigenous-led disaster relief services
The B.C. Ombudsperson report calls the provinces current disaster program “outdated” and “poorly communicated”
The B.C. Ombudsperson report calls the provinces current disaster program “outdated” and “poorly communicated”
It remains unclear when residents in the Northwest Territories’ South Slave region will be allowed…
As Yellowknife residents started returning home on Sept. 6, the future of South Slave region…
An evacuee from Yellowknife, N.W.T. who is currently in Winnipeg says she’s still waiting for…
The travel ban for Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon and Kamloops was lifted earlier this week
Communities receiving Northwest Territories residents fleeing wildfires are springing into action to help, whether it’s…
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 and residents warned to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice.
The blazes have burned an area almost four times the size of Prince Edward Island. No deaths have been reported.
The evacuation order issued Wednesday night applies to the city of Yellowknife and neighbouring First Nations communities of Ndilo and Dettah.