5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (46+ words) Published 3:00 pm Monday, September 7, 2026 Let’s see the community Through Your Lens. We want to see Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge as you see it. Do you have a picture you’d like to contribute? We’d love to see it. Please email to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (631+ words) Published 11:20 am Monday, August 31, 2026 By Brendan Shykora/Vernon Morning Star Amid preparations to clean up an abandoned camp in the Lumby area, the Okanagan Forest Task Force (OFTF) is urging the province to aid its mission to make the backcountry…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (277+ words) Published 6:12 pm Friday, August 28, 2026 By Brittany Webster/Kelowna Capital News Despite slowed activity and no anticipated growth of the Bald Range wildfire, an area restriction order has been announced. BC Wildfire Service has issued a notice that an area restriction…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (603+ words) Published 5:57 am Monday, August 24, 2026 By Jordy Cunningham/Kelowna Capital News Fire activity could increase at the 164,745-hectare Pear Lake blaze in the Cariboo. As BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) continues to battle the blaze, it said in its Sunday night update…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (413+ words) Published 5:45 pm Sunday, August 23, 2026 The head of the Maple Ridge RCMP detachment previously served as the province’s top cop managing wildfire emergencies. Superintendent Martin Guay was asked to share his experience and expertise at the Canadian Association of Chiefs of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (286+ words) Published 4:03 pm Sunday, August 23, 2026 Highway 1 remains closed from Toll Road (Yale) to just south of Boston Bar due to the Ainslie Creek wildfire, which is still listed as out of control and was estimated at 67,707 hectares as of Sunday morning…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (376+ words) Published 9:56 am Saturday, August 22, 2026 The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) have both issued new evacuation orders and alerts in the area of Highway 99/Pavilion Lake west of Cache Creek in response to the Pear Lake wildfire....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (244+ words) Published 12:23 pm Friday, August 21, 2026 An orange air quality warning has been issued for Chilliwack, Agassiz and Hope. The warning was issued by Metro Vancouver Regional District on Friday (Aug. 21) due to high fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke. The City…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (441+ words) Published 7:45 am Friday, August 21, 2026 Fire behaviour increased in the Brunswick Complex on Thursday (Aug. 20), with more increased activity expected Friday (Aug. 21). The Brunswick Complex includes the 66,557-hectare Ainslie Creek wildfire and the 9,110-hectare Brunswick Creek wildfire. Both fires remain out…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (183+ words) Published 1:38 pm Wednesday, August 19, 2026 I just watched some footage that made me sit back and take a deep breath. It was a social media video of a man driving through Faulder, B.C. on Aug. 11, the entire community — minus a few houses…...