As part of B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, Selkirk College will receive funding for an additional 54 training spaces to increase access and help reduce waitlists for trades critical to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other industries.

An Area Restriction Order is in effect immediately for areas near the White Tail Brook fire, approximately 10 kilometres east of the village of Canal Flats.

People living in the communities of Grand Forks, Rock Creek and Midway may notice heavy smoke in the air as a result of a wildfire burning on Toroda Mountain, northeast of Wauconda in Washington State.

The Southeast Fire Centre is responding to a wildfire near White Tail Brook, about 10 kilometres east of the village of Canal Flats.

The Southeast Fire Centre has received many inquiries about whether a campfire ban will implemented.

The Southeast Fire Centre is currently responding to two lightning-caused fires east of Highway 6 in the Slocan Valley.

People living in the communities of Golden, Invermere and Radium Hot Springs may notice smoke in the air as a result of a wildfire burning on the edge of Banff National Park in Alberta.

Effective at noon PDT on July 2, 2014, open fires will be prohibited within the Southeast Fire Centre's jurisdiction to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.

Crews from the Wildfire Management Branch's Southeast Fire Centre have responded to seven wildfires since April 1, 2014, all of which were human-caused and the result of poorly planned open burning.