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Posted: June 27th, 2004

The forest fire situation in B.C. flared up Saturday as fire officials said 14,000 lightning strikes hammered the province, sparking more than a dozen new wildfires.

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Posted: June 26th, 2004

Cottage country just west of Lillooet was issued an evacuation alert Friday due to a growing forest fire in the steep mountains above Seton Lake, the Ministry of Forests said.

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Posted: June 22nd, 2004

Fire crews fighting a major wildfire that has the entire town on evacuation alert may get some rest as the blaze slowed its rapid spread Tuesday.

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Posted: June 1st, 2004

The British Columbia government is bracing for another bad forest fire season, Solicitor General Rich Coleman says.

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Posted: October 28th, 2003

The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of National Defence and Minister Responsible for Emergency Preparedness, today presented a cheque for $100 million on behalf of the Government of Canada to British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell for the forest...

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Posted: October 15th, 2003

An outpouring of support from Canada's leading brewery will be on tap this Thursday evening as Molson employees will fan out to bars throughout B.C. to rally support for residents affected by this summer's devastating forest fires.

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Posted: August 28th, 2003

An evacuation order was lifted for 10,400 evacuees at noon Wednesday, with more than 5,000 Kelowna residents remaining out of their homes.

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Posted: August 25th, 2003

A New Brunswick woman is facing an arson charge after a house was set on fire while three people slept inside.

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Posted: August 18th, 2003

A helicopter pilot died Sunday as he fought one of the many forest fires that continued to force evacuations across the province.

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Posted: August 4th, 2003

Al Beaver has spent 30 years tracking forest fires, and he says what he sees in western Canada is unprecedented.