Is British Columbia burning?

Smoke & Burning. Smoke is a significant source of air pollution. It comes from both outdoor burning like land clearing fires and from indoor appliances like wood stoves and fireplaces. It is a serious health hazard and can cause road and air travel to be dangerously affected. read more

In British Columbia Burning, author Bethany Lindsay does an in-depth investigation into what happened last summer, also taking a look back at the history of wildfires in B.C. and a peak forward at the possibilities for both preventing and fighting them. read more

A state of emergency has been declared for our beautiful home province of British Columbia. A prolonged period of dry and very hot weather has brought tinder-dry conditions to much of the province, prompting officials to raise the wildfire risk to extreme in many areas and to ban all outdoor burning, including campfires and even tiki torches. read more