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.

Residents and travellers are strongly urged to plan ahead and remain vigilant this B.C. Day long weekend, with much of British Columbia experiencing elevated wildfire risk.

George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, has released the following statement regarding a child’s death in a provincial park over the weekend in the Okanagan:

The Province has appointed three new members to British Columbia’s independent Climate Solutions Council.

The Province is helping First Nations communities strengthen their resilience to the adverse effects of climate change through the launch of an Indigenous climate-resilience capacity-building pilot program.

New regulatory changes are being made to safeguard the province’s ecological reserves.

Residents, travellers and campers are urged to use caution and remain vigilant to prevent fires while enjoying the outdoors over the Canada Day long weekend.