BC Wildfire: Feds Rarely Match Charitable Donations When Disasters Strike In Canada

Mia Rabson  

Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encouraged people over the weekend to donate to the Canadian Red Cross to help British Columbians affected by raging wildfires and he made a similar appeal for Ontario and Quebec flood victims earlier this year.

However unlike many international disasters like the earthquakes in Nepal two years ago or in Haiti in 2010, Canada's appeal for domestic donations isn't shored up by a pledge that the government will pony up an equal amount of cash to match the individual donors. Read more

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I find it reprehensible that the Canadian Government places Canadian disaster survivors below those of foreign country disaster survivors. Don't you? 

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And the beat goes on in the White House!

Anthony Scaramucci Out At White House After A Whirlwind 10 Days

• Paige Lavender  
  Senior Politics Editor, HuffPost
   
  Anthony Scaramucci has resigned from his role as White House communications director, according to ABC and The New York Times.

  
  

  Scaramucci was named communications director on July 21, a mere 10 days ago.

  
  

  The resignation comes after a controversy-laden week for Scaramucci that included a profanity-lace tirade against other members of President Donald Trump’s White House staff.

  
  

  His rant, published in The New Yorker, was mostly aimed at then-White House chief of staff Reince Priebus. (Priebus resigned from his post last week and was replaced by Gen. John Kelly Monday morning.)

  
  

  But that wasn’t the only eyebrow-raising moment during his 10 days in the White House. Scaramucci brought on criticism after directing comments about hair and makeup at White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. He also reportedly received divorce papers from his wife, who gave birth to the couple’s son while Scaramucci was with Trump last week.

  
  

  Even his hire was laden with controversy. Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer reportedly submitted his resignation after learning Trump was giving Scaramucci a prominent role on the White House communications team. Read more

  
  

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Trio having a campfire in North Okanagan 'didn't seem to get it or care'

By Charlotte Helston

 July 28, 2017 - 9:10 AM

 

COLDSTREAM - Three men received fines of $1,150 each for lighting a campfire on a North Okanagan trail Thursday night. 

Coldstream fire chief Dave Sturgeon says the department was called about 10:30 p.m. for a report of a possible campfire by Kalamalka Lake on the Okanagan Rail Trail. 

Along with RCMP officers, they paid the culprits a visit.

“There were three individuals having a campfire about a kilometre down the trail. They had some alcohol and were just drinking and swimming,” he says. “They weren’t too happy to see us.” 

Initially, they were uncooperative, Sturgeon says.

“They didn’t seem overly concerned or remorseful. They figured they weren’t doing anything wrong,” Sturgeon says. “We explained the situation. They just didn’t seem to get it or care.” 

The men, who Sturgeon says were in their 20s and from the local area, each received a $1,150 fine.

“They felt it because it was a small campfire it wasn’t a big deal. Obviously with the extreme fire danger rating, it just takes one small ember,” Sturgeon says. 

Just last weekend, Kelowna RCMP issued a fine against a 20-year-old Alberta man for lighting a campfire in a parking lot.

Sturgeon urges anyone who sees a possible fire, no matter how small, to call 911 immediately.

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Christy Clark to resign as leader of BC Liberal party next week

  By Amy Judd Online News Producer  Global News

Christy Clark is resigning as the leader of the BC Liberal party, effective Friday August 4.

In a release today, Clark said serving as premier and serving the people of B.C. for the past six and a half years “has been an incredible honour and privilege.”

“I am so proud of everything our BC Liberal Team has accomplished. From working to make British Columbia Canada’s leading economy and creating more than 200,000 new jobs, to helping thousands of single parents go from welfare to work through the Single Parent Employment Initiative, to British Columbia’s gift to the world, the protection of the Great Bear Rainforest,” Clark states in the release.

“I am certain that British Columbia’s best days lie ahead. Because British Columbians can, through hard work, determination, and perseverance, achieve anything they set their minds to.” Read more

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UPDATE: Nighthawk fire renamed Okanagan Centre Fire grows to 30 hectares

 Kelowna   posted July 15, 2017 by   KelownaNow Staff

(UPDATE: July 15th @ 8:30 p.m.)- The Nighthawk fire has been renamed the Okanagan Centre Fire.

Wildfire BC is supporting the local Lake Country Fire Department fight the Okanagan Centre Fire.

Currently the fire has grown to 30 hectares in size.

There are 11 fixed winged aircrafts, one helicopter and ground crews on the scene.

It is showing rank three fire behaviour, meaning it's a larger surface fire that might see some candling into the trees.

It's located between McKinley Landing and Lake Country.

Structures are threatened.

There is no cause as of yet.

Strong winds is increasing the fire activity. (read more)

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GVWU Media Release - Water supply update.

Kalamalka Lake appears to be above full pool still! Domestic supply is provided mostly from Kalamalka Lake (80%). What gives?

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Okanagan sunshine? - Kalamalka Lake in the blazing sun!

Smoke from hundreds of forest fires obscure the sun in the generally sunny Okanagan. First the floods put a damper on outdoor activities now the fires do the same. Up to 14,000 residents have been evacuated in various parts of the Central Interior. An entire trailer park burned down is Cache Creek. The map below depicts the current fire situation in British Columbia.

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