Lightning strike at Revelstoke Mountain Resort on Aug. 12 has been extinguished and resort is open; high-elevation smoke visible in the area originating from Akolkolex FSR fire to the south.
Check out video from arts and culture events in Revelstoke from the weekend of Aug. 13–16, 2021.
The CBT and government program is designed to aid economic recovery by providing funding and employment for wildfire mitigation projects initiated by Basin communities.
CSRD issues evacuation alert for Three Valley Gap and Three Valley Lake area due to out-of-control wildfire on a nearby mountain.
New 240-hectare wildfire at Wap Creek sends smoke, ash, burnt needles onto the Revelstoke area on July 14. Officials suspect it is human-caused.
Many previous climatic shifts were caused by volcanic eruptions, which triggered different changes — mostly cooling — over different regions, but those don’t match the scale and speed of heating over the past few decades.
The evacuation alert for the Galena Bay area has been rescinded as of 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 14.
A Revelstoke-based pilot made it to shore alive after his firefighting aircraft crashed into Puntzi Lake while scooping water to battle a nearby wildfire in the Cariboo.
