Emergency Services

A Sicamous family is dealing with the loss of about 40 calves after a fire caused significant damage to three structures at D Dutchmen Dairy early Thursday.

B.C. land and wildlife experts warn recovery from increasingly intense wildfires can take years, requiring extensive restoration, funding and forest management.

B.C.'s provincial state of emergency over wildfires ended Thursday, though officials warned the fire risk remains high.

The BC Wildfire Service has discovered two fires burning out of control north and south of Sicamous.

A plane that made a fatal emergency landing on a Prince George road Thursday lost power in one engine before colliding with four vehicles, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said.

B.C. has extended its provincial state of emergency until Aug. 29 as wildfire risks remain high across the province.

Summerland expects to downgrade its final evacuation orders Friday, Aug. 21, allowing residents of about 80 properties to return to a wildfire-damaged area where electricity may not be fully restored until Wednesday, Aug. 26, chief administrative officer Graham Statt said.

A plane has crashed in Prince George, with two vehicles believed to be involved.

About 450 properties in the District of Summerland could be cleared for re-entry Thursday afternoon leaving approximately 80 properties north of Wildhorse Road under evacuation order.

The theft of critical suppression equipment, including pumps, is hampering crews at the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland, the B.C. Wildfire Service said Wednesday.