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Protesters have tried to bypass an RCMP blockade on the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia's Shuswap region, amid tensions over the refusal of some residents to obey wildfire evacuation orders. Police say no one was arrested in confrontation, but residents need to respect evacuation orders Protesters have tried to bypass …

B.C.'s fight against wildfires continues Saturday, as blazes flared up on Friday night and destroyed properties in West Kelowna in the Central Okanagan region. Homes destroyed in West Kelowna; large fires loom near Lytton and Invermere; stretches of Hwy 1 closed If the power or data on your device is …

Two fast-moving British Columbia wildfires that forced residents of more than 3,000 properties in the Shuswap area to evacuate on Friday have burned down homes and structures in multiple communities, the B.C. Wildfire Service confirmed Saturday. Damage from Lower East Adams Lake wildfire still unknown; boil water advisory in effect …

Officials throughout the B.C. Interior are pleading for patience from thousands of people displaced by wildfires, as some evacuation orders were reduced to evacuation alerts. Some evacuation orders lifted in West Kelowna and Lake Country, no timeline on Shuswap residents returning If the power or data on your device is …

Rainy conditions have helped curb fires and allow residents and visitors to return to some evacuated areas in B.C.'s Central Okanagan, but dry weather is expected to increase fire activity again throughout the area and North Shuswap. Visitors asked to check with local governments before booking travel to B.C. Interior …

Homes have been levelled by wildfires burning in B.C.'s Shuswap and Okanagan regions. Properties levelled by wildfires burning in B.C.'s Shuswap and Okanagan regions If the power or data on your device is low, you can get wildfire updates on CBC Lite, our low-bandwidth, text-only website. The latest on wildfires: …

Homes have been levelled by wildfires burning in B.C.'s Shuswap and Okanagan regions. Properties levelled by wildfires burning in B.C.'s Shuswap and Okanagan regions If the power or data on your device is low, you can get wildfire updates on CBC Lite, our low-bandwidth, text-only website. The latest on wildfires: …

Several properties have been destroyed by a fast-burning, "unpredictable" wildfire in the West Kelowna area, officials say, as crews brace for what the B.C. Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the province's fire season. States of emergency declared in Kelowna area due to McDougall Creek …

Analyst: China ships down to 19 from 32 during water-cannon incident at Ayungin A former US Air Force colonel and a security analyst said he is tracking 19 Chinese militia ships swarming the waters off Mischief Reef and Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. Raymond Powell, director of SeaLight …

PLENTY IN STOCK. Workers unload sacks of rice from a truck at a rice dealer along Dagupan St. in Tondo, Manila on Friday. Norman Cruz President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said that the government is keeping an eye on the country’s rice supply to stabilize its price as he …