Vancouver run down for Friday, July 19, 2024.
Over a hundred people are on evacuation order as the Shetland Creek wildfire
continues to grow.
That order covers several reserves of the Cooksbury Indian Band and many small
roads leading to Highway 1 between Spences Bridge and Cache Creek are now closed.
The village of Ashcroft issued an evacuation alert for Ashcroft Ranch late
Thursday evening. Meanwhile Ashcroft Mayor Barbara Rodin is slamming the
provincial government and his BC wildfire service for a lack of communication
in responding to the rapidly growing fire.
It's now close to 50 kilometers, but area residents have almost no real time
information about his growth.
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Other news, two people are dead and one is seriously hurt following a Thursday
afternoon plane crash near Tofino on Vancouver Island.
The small private plane hit the runway at the Long Beach Airport at around 1pm.
A survivor was pulled from the plane and rushed to hospital while the two others
died at the scene.
A roaming black bear has been euthanized after a woman was bit in deep
in deep cove. The bite happened as the woman was guarding at her home
Wednesday afternoon. She was not seriously hurt.
The North Shore Black Bearer Society says the conservation services decision
to put down the bear is unfortunate, but completely necessary.
The Okanagan's only private TV station is laying off close to 20 people.
Corus, which continues to struggle with its massive debt problems, is cutting
staff and local programming at Kelowna Bay's Global Okanagan.
Similar moves are also happening at Corus's smaller market TV operations in
Ontario. BC's hot dry conditions, they're going to continue right through
the weekend. More sunshine and warm temperatures are in the forecast for
the lower mainland with inland highs up to 30 degrees by Saturday.
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