Close X
Sunday, December 1, 2024
ADVT 
National

Cooler weather helps snuff another campfire ban in B.C.'s backcountry

Darpan News Desk Canadian Press, 26 Aug, 2014 11:11 AM
    Campers on the south coast of British Columbia will be able to spark up a campfire by the end of the week.
     
    The Ministry of Forests says cooler weather allows the lifting of a campfire ban in the Coastal Fire Centre at noon on Thursday.
     
    It means bans only remain in place in parts of two of British Columbia's six fire centres.
     
    Campfires are not allowed in a section of the Skeena fire zone and in the Nadina and Bulkley fire zones of the Northwest Fire Centre, while a ban still applies in the Cariboo Fire Centre for all areas west of the Fraser River.
     
    The Wildfire Management Branch says of the roughly 125 wildfires blazing across the province, only 10 are large or potentially threatening.
     
    Of those, only one evacuation order remains in effect, covering a handful of remote properties near the 1,337-square-kilometre Cheslaslie wildfire in the Northwest Fire Centre.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Target Corp. regrets opening so many stores so quickly in Canada

    Target Corp. regrets opening so many stores so quickly in Canada
    TORONTO - If Target Corp. could re-do its launch into Canada, it would start with just a handful of stores, instead of the more than 100 it opened last year despite their lukewarm reception, the retailer said Wednesday.

    Target Corp. regrets opening so many stores so quickly in Canada

    Woman accused of plotting parents' murder says she was planning her own death

    Woman accused of plotting parents' murder says she was planning her own death
    NEWMARKET, Ont. - A woman accused of plotting to have her parents killed in a staged home invasion told a Toronto-area court Wednesday it was her own murder she was trying to orchestrate after plunging into a deep depression over her strained family life.

    Woman accused of plotting parents' murder says she was planning her own death

    Justin Trudeau hopes to vault Liberals from third party to stable, majority government

    Justin Trudeau hopes to vault Liberals from third party to stable, majority government
    EDMONTON - Justin Trudeau confirms the Liberals have set their sights on winning a majority in next year's federal election.

    Justin Trudeau hopes to vault Liberals from third party to stable, majority government

    Made-in-Canada Figure 1 app, an 'Instagram for doctors,' not for the squeamish

    Made-in-Canada Figure 1 app, an 'Instagram for doctors,' not for the squeamish
    Figure 1 has been called "Instagram for doctors" and in just over a year it has attracted more than 125,000 doctors, nurses and medical students who use the app to share images of rare, interesting or confounding conditions they encounter on the job.

    Made-in-Canada Figure 1 app, an 'Instagram for doctors,' not for the squeamish

    Toronto: 'Commercial vehicle safety blitz targeted minorities'

    Toronto: 'Commercial vehicle safety blitz targeted minorities'
    TORONTO - A commercial vehicle safety blitz that led to the arrest of 21 people for immigration offences targeted minorities and amounts to racial profiling, a lawyer involved in the case alleged Wednesday.

    Toronto: 'Commercial vehicle safety blitz targeted minorities'

    Vancouver Canucks confirm Moore-Bertuzzi lawsuit settlement

    Vancouver Canucks confirm Moore-Bertuzzi lawsuit settlement
    TORONTO - The Vancouver Canucks are confirming that a "mutually agreeable" settlement has been reached in Steve Moore's lawsuit against NHL forward Todd Bertuzzi over an infamous on-ice attack that ended Moore's career 10 years ago.

    Vancouver Canucks confirm Moore-Bertuzzi lawsuit settlement