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Afflciting Shuswap and Okanagan regions starting to welcome people home

The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District says in a message on its website that the year will begin a day late, with a half day of classes on Wednesday for most of its roughly 6,000 students.

People whose homes were destroyed by the wildfire in and around West Kelowna, B.C., are being contacted to schedule escorted bus visits to view the damage.

Wildfire officials say the Bush Creek East wildfire in the Shuswap has been ‘very tricky’ to extinguish, and thousands of properties remain on evacuation order.

People whose homes were destroyed by the wildfire in and around West Kelowna, B.C., are being contacted to schedule escorted bus visits to view the damage.

47 new blazes recorded in the past day as weather a blessing and a curse

47 new blazes recorded in the past day as weather a blessing and a curse

Lightning strikes have sparked dozens of new wildfires in British Columbia, as thunderstorms brought mixed blessings to the provinces battle against its worst fire season on record.

An existing evacuation alert was expanded to cover more neighbourhoods in West Kelowna on Tuesday as winds stoked increased fire activity on the McDougall Creek wildfire.

Some much-needed rain fell on Vancouver Island, with almost two millimetres recorded at Victoria’s airport.