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This satellite image provided by European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (processed by Spacetec) shows a wildfire burning 40 km northeast of Pink Mountain in British Columbia. (European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 data via AP) A wildfire burns near Lytton on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. A fast-spreading wildfire led to an immediate evacuation order Wednesday night for residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton as many scrambled to escape as flames threatened buildings. JO-ANNE BEHARRELL VIA THE CANADIAN PRESS Wildfire expert Mike Flannigan starts work this month as B.C. Research Chair in predictive services, emergency management and fire science at Thompson Rivers University. XINLI CAI, PNG
Article content Rising temperatures are “climate change in action,” he said. “And heat and fires are connected, because the hotter it is, the longer the fire season.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or B.C. heat wave possible harbinger of long, smoky wildfire season: expert Back to video Helping the province cope with such wildfires will be Flannigan’s job as B.C. Research Chair in emergency preparedness and fire science at TRU, funded by a $5-million provincial endowment, which will see him work closely with the B.C. Wildfire Service. Postmedia first spoke with Flannigan Wednesday, just hours before the Lytton Creek wildfire forced more than 1,000 people from their homes, razed much of the historic village, and killed at least two people.
New TRU Faculty Member studying forest fire ecology and post fire growth SHARE ON: File Photo from April 2021 Forest Grove Fire (C. Adams, My Cariboo Now) Thompson Rivers University will be welcoming a new faculty member who has been granted a Canadian Research Chair in Fire Ecology. Dr. Jill Harvey will be investigating how wildfires and droughts impact the BC Interior’s forests. Harvey is setting up a program to study past wildfires with two themes of research. She says the first is historical wildfires, and understanding how often and what areas are affected, as well as climate conditions associated with past wildfires. The second theme of the research will look at recent wildfires, and how those forests are recovering, and the role of drought in wildfires.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Highbrook vaccination centre closed three times before walk-ins stopped 13 May, 2021 04:00 AM 4 minutes to read With plenty of speculation surrounding New Zealand s vaccine rollout, the New Zealand Herald hunts answers to the burning questions on how and when you will get vaccinated. Video / NZ Herald With plenty of speculation surrounding New Zealand s vaccine rollout, the New Zealand Herald hunts answers to the burning questions on how and when you will get vaccinated. Video / NZ Herald The Highbrook vaccination centre in Auckland was forced into closure by overcapacity issues on three occasions before walk-in vaccinations were halted. On Thursday last week, the site on Highbrook Drive in East Tāmaki stopped entry to people seeking a vaccination for 30 minutes, with some being mistakenly turned away, as the carpark had become too full.
COVID vaccine brings teachers hope on one-year anniversary of school closures March 13, 2021 4:21 PM Elenee Dao Updated: SPOKANE, Wash. The effort to vaccinate Washington’s educators is well underway. The vaccine is now going into the arms of teachers and school staff, who have been exposed to hundreds and thousands of students for the last few months in the Mead School District. Stephanie Semb is a high school math teacher and remembers this day last year vividly. Saturday marks one year since Governor Jay Inslee ordered schools to close for at least six weeks. “We put it up on our TV and stuff like that to see what was going on,” said Semb. “It was just kind of surreal.”
Vermilion farmer named in Top 50 most influential people in Canadian Agriculture SHARE ON: Charlotte Wasylik was named one of the Top 50 most influential people in the Canadian agricultural industry. (Chatsworth Farms, Facebook) Charlotte Wasylik is being recognized for her work in showing off the Canadian agriculture industry in new ways. She was one of 50 Canadians who made it onto the Canadian Western Agribition Top 50 most influential people. The list is separated into five categories with 10 entries in each category. Wasylik was a finalist in the upstarts category which acknowledges future leaders in agriculture who promoted the industry in non-traditional ways or were early adopters of new ideas.
Great Falls service pays tribute to the Four Chaplains of WWII MTN and last updated 2021-02-22 10:14:37-05 GREAT FALLS â On Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Great Falls, American Legion Post 341 hosted a special commemoration to honor four chaplains for the sacrifice they made during their service in World War II. âThe commemoration is for the four chaplains and we hold it every year to celebrate or memorialize their sacrifice for their country,â said American Legion Post 341 Vice Commander Jill Harvie. The four chaplains worked together on an Army transport ship, the Dorchester. On February 3rd 1943, just after midnight, their ship was hit by German torpedoes, causing a panic for the nearly 900 passengers on board.
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