At least 13,986 square kilometres of land in B.C. has burned since April 1, exceeding the record set in 2018
. Environment and Climate Change Canada has forecast warmer than average, and drier, conditions for the province in the coming weeks and months.
The minister said 75 soldiers with the Canadian Armed Forces were deployed to Vanderhoof to assist with wildfire fighting efforts on Tuesday, and she said another 75 are expected to arrive in Burns Lake on Wednesday., as well as firefighters contracted from the U.S., Australia, Mexico and New Zealand.
Kevin Boon, general manager at the BC Cattlemen’s Association, said the group surveyed members on the issue. Ninety per cent said the impacts were “severe, extreme or unprecedented,” particularly in the Williams Lake area and on Vancouver Island. Some ranchers have begun selling off cattle as they look for new sources of feed.
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