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Area G Volunteers of the Year honoured
Sue and Tom Hoyne have been officially recognized as the 2022 Electoral Area G Volunteers of the Year. “Sue and Tom are remarkable assets to…
Invermere dedicates resources to safeguard the community
All hands on deck when it comes to preventing wildfire “We’re all in this together.” It may be the refrain of a song, but it’s…
Meet FireSmart Coordinator Virginia Hermanson
As each of us share the responsibility for reducing the potential impacts of wildfires, we encourage our residents and property owners to join us in…
A good time to focus on personal preparedness
Personal preparedness will be a key focus next week as Emergency Preparedness Week gets underway across Canada. As part of its efforts to ensure residents…
Trust boosting employment while reducing wildfire risk
12 projects receive funding through provincial partnership Wildfires have hit rural communities in the Columbia Basin hard, and the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Time to get smart about fire prevention
Letter to the Editor During the summer, 343 homes were lost to wildfire in British Columbia. This is a sobering number. Following a challenging fire…
RDEK urges residents to FireSmart properties
Seeks neighbourhood champions with three workshops upcoming On the heels of the historic heat wave, and with a long, hot summer in the forecast, the…
$1.4M in grants issued to reduce wildfire risks in southeast
$1,410,421 coming to nine East Kootenay local governments The B.C. government today announced it is providing more than $2.8 million in grants to 15 local…
Campfires prohibited in B.C. June 30
Effective at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, campfires, Category 2 and Category 3 open fires will be prohibited throughout the Province of British Columbia….