Open this photo in gallery Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on July 16. DARRYL DYCK/ The Canadian PressResidents in more areas of British Columbia have been forced from their homes indefinitely, this time by wildfires whipped up by strong winds in the southeastern part of the province. The Regional District of Central Kootenay has ordered more than 170 properties evacuated along a 10-kilometre strip of the Slocan River north of Ap

Open this photo in gallery Smoky skies hang over Osoyoos, B.C., as seen from the First Nations-owned Nk' Mip Winery.... This fire season has broken new temperature records that bode ill for future years as climate change takes hold. Photography by Nancy MacDonald/ The Globe and MailBritish Columbia always approaches the summer fire season with trepidation.... For three days, the region logged temperatures never seen in Canada, topping out at 50 C in the tiny town of Lytton, in the Fraser Canyo

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for November 16 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... A woman and children who were stranded by high water due to flooding are rescued by a volunteer operating a boat as another person's car is submerged near them in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on Tuesday, Nov.... Janelle Shoihet said the total number of people and vehicles is not yet unaccounted for....

RCMP have set up three security checkpoints around Lytton, B.C., and they say there will be an update soon on the investigation into the cause of the fast-moving wildfire that destroyed most of the village. Supt.... The rest are still being investigated. The federal and provincial governments said Sunday they will match every dollar donated to the Canadian Red Cross for people affected by the wildfires, which they said means a$ 1 donation will become a$ 3 donation.... The matching donations wi

Most were caused by lightning strikes. The fires were located north of the city of Kamloops, 350 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. Experts believe the heat wave, which has triggered extreme heat alerts in areas where millions of people live, is caused by global warming.... Military aircraft were also deployed to help." The dry conditions and the extreme heat in British Columbia are unprecedented," said Public Safety Minister Bill Blair.... A child plays in a sprinkler on the National Mall as

Brown points out that the couple’s frantic soaking of their property before they fled last Wednesday seems to have saved their traditional st` wan hut for air drying salmon in the backyard.... Brown said of the opportunity to see the result of the catastrophic wildfire.... Sell couldn’t provide a breakdown of how many other homes on Lytton First Nation territory were also evacuated....

A separate fire then breached the village limits, prompting residents to leave before a formal evacuation order was issued Wednesday evening.... Fandrich said it had been so dry in Lytton, about a three-hour drive northeast of Vancouver, that sweat immediately evaporated.... Between last Friday and Wednesday afternoon, the BC Coroners Service received 486 reports of sudden and unexpected deaths – a 195-per-cent increase over the approximately 165 deaths the service would see in a typical five-