Lingering Smoke and Hidden Toxins: Maui’s Post-Wildfire Health Crisis Persists Years After the Flames
Nearly three years after a devastating series of wildfires swept across Maui in August 2023, claiming more than 100 lives, reducing thousands of homes to ash, and causing billions of…
Reviving Tradition to Protect the Land: Lower Similkameen Indian Band and B.C. Wildfire Service Partner on Cultural Burn Near Osoyoos
Plumes of grey and white smoke rising over the arid grasslands west of Osoyoos have caught the attention of local residents and travellers this week. While the sight of smoke…
BC Election Day 11: NDP Targets Grocery Costs, Conservatives Pitch Wildfire Plan, and Greens Propose AI Moratorium
Day 11 of the British Columbia provincial election campaign saw the major political parties lay out vastly different visions for the province, spanning from immediate kitchen-table affordability measures to long-term…
Kelowna Fire Department Prepares for Knox Mountain Prescribed Burns as Part of Growing Provincial Push for Proactive Wildfire Mitigation
Following consecutive years of intense and destructive wildfire activity across the Okanagan, the Kelowna Fire Department is preparing to launch a series of prescribed burns in several key areas of…
British Columbia Realtor Turns Wildfire Crisis Response Into a Province-Wide Livestock Rescue App
When devastating wildfires tore through British Columbia’s Interior last August, RE/MAX real estate agent Meagan Bucar did not hesitate. Hooking a horse trailer to her truck, she drove directly toward…
Scarborough Quilter Launches Community Drive to Bring Warmth and Comfort to Northern Ontario Wildfire Evacuees
As Carol DeGeer sat in her home in Scarborough, Ontario, watching the harrowing news coverage of the disastrous wildfires sweeping across northern Ontario earlier this summer, she felt an immediate…