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Earlier this month the StoryWalk® boards placed around the oval in Barriere’s Fadear Park received severe damage to their clear covers. Due to the extreme heat of the sun shining directly on them while temperatures reached into the upper high 30 degrees and beyond, the covers crumpled and looked like they had burned. As a result the StoryWalk® boards had to be temporarily removed.

For the second time in just under four years the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association (NTFFRA) has opened up its fairgrounds facility in Barriere to house evacuated livestock and animals displaced by wildfires.

Jim’s Market proprietor and Little Fort resident, Pam Jim, says a fire that started the afternoon of July 16 just up Highway 24 from the Highway 5 Little Fort intersection had firefighting crews on it very quickly.

The BC Wildfire Service has issued a wind advisory for Interior, southeastern B.C.

The move comes two weeks after the Canada Border Services Agency began waiving quarantine rules

Wildfire experts say B.C. must spark far more prescribed burns, akin to how Indigenous communities have managed forests, to mitigate the risk of huge blazes.

Those not applying by deadline will lose recognition of their historical date of first use

100 Mile District General Hospital remains open at this time

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The Barriere Health Centre is advising area residents that non-emergency medical imaging services are temporarily unavailable in Barriere until further notice due to limited technologist staffing.