The Province has issued an evacuation order for a specified area of the unincorporated Stikine region due to the Little Blue River Fire.

Mental health supports are available for people who have been and continue to be adversely affected by historic wildfires throughout B.C. this summer.

Bowinn Ma, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, has released the following statement about travel restrictions for the purpose of staying in temporary accommodation in West Kelowna:

To help ensure accommodation is available for critical-response personnel and the tens of thousands of people evacuated due to wildfires, the Province is restricting travel for the purpose of staying in temporary accommodation in several communities in the Okanagan.

People throughout British Columbia are encouraged to be prepared for heat as many regions of the province will experience high temperatures beginning Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.

A four-week, localized state of emergency due to wildfires in the unincorporated Stikine region in northwestern British Columbia has ended.

Despite scattered showers throughout much of the province on Monday, July 24, 2023, people are urged to be prepared and continue to follow all regional fire prohibitions and local water restrictions due to extreme wildfire risks and the ongoing drought.