Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says 75 military members are heading to Burns Lake, in central B.C., to join 75 others who were sent to nearby Vanderhoof yesterday as part of federal assistance in the province's wildfire fight.
British Columbia is putting out a call for national and international help to fight wildfires that are blanketing communities in thick smoke, as some residents watch flames approach their homes.
Escalating wildfires and worsening drought across British Columbia signal challenging times ahead, with the province and nation facing the worst fire season in 100 years, said Premier David Eby.
The cannabis industry is seen by some First Nations as an opportunity to take the initiative and get out of poverty, says the regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations.
"I never knew her, but to me, in my eyes, she gave me life," Vicki Hill told the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on Tuesday, "Now I have to live without her."
John Furlong's lawyer is rejecting the premise of a resolution passed by the Assembly of First Nations that asked Ottawa to investigate allegations made against the former Vancouver Olympics boss.