Insights and Stories on Wildfires

No evidence trains sparked Lytton fire, TSB says

Oct. 14, 2021 at 9:49 pm CDT

There’s no proof the fire that largely destroyed a British Columbia village, damaged a key rail bridge and led to cuts in rail speed limits in high-risk areas was sparked by train traffic, the federal Transportation Safety Board says. The TSB on Thursday said its investigation, launched in early July, […]

Request line open for AgriRecovery drought plans, Bibeau says

Jul. 15, 2021 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Lytton bridge re-opened but grain movement ‘hit and miss’

Jul. 15, 2021 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

CN, CP trains ordered to slow down against fire risk

Jul. 12, 2021 at 5:15 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feds halt CN, CP trains through B.C. wildfire area for two days

Jul. 9, 2021 at 4:51 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

B.C. presses for ranchers to register before wildfires hit

Jul. 3, 2021 at 5:22 am CDT

British Columbia’s provincial ag ministry hopes to shore up ranchers’ participation in the Premises Identification program against the risk of further wildfires this year. About two-thirds, or 5,200, of B.C.’s non-supply managed livestock producers, and all the supply-managed dairy cattle and poultry premises in the province, are registered in the […]

By Dave Bedard

Wet or dry spring ahead? Depends on where in Canada

Feb. 26, 2021 at 6:56 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There will be increased in risk of flooding this spring in British Columbia, western Alberta and parts of Eastern Canada, according to a report Friday from AccuWeather. Meanwhile, dry conditions are expected to continue across the Prairies. AccuWeather’s report forecasts below-normal temperatures for B.C. and western Alberta going […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Charred U.S. west’s ‘wet ashtray’ wine grapes left to birds

Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:36 am CDT

Reuters — Heavy ground smoke clouded Hanson Vineyards in Oregon’s picturesque Willamette Valley for more than a week following a Labour Day windstorm that kicked up wildfires across the western United States. Jason Hanson expects his crews may only harvest five tons of grapes, including his Chardonnay and Gamay varieties, […]

By Karl Plume

‘Lightning siege’ sparks wildfires across California wine country

Aug. 19, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

Vacaville, California | Reuters — Lightning strikes sparked dozens of wildfires in northern California’s wine country on Wednesday, burning dozens of structures and forcing thousands to flee their homes. California was hit by nearly 11,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours, sparking 367 fires, nearly two dozen of them major, as […]

By Steven Lam

AgriRecovery offered for B.C. wildfire costs

Oct. 4, 2018 at 7:48 pm CDT

British Columbia ranchers and farmers who lost pasture or cropland or had to move livestock out of the path of wildfires this year may be eligible for AgriRecovery funding. The federal and B.C. governments on Thursday announced a new AgriRecovery program worth up to $5 million to help defray “extraordinary […]

By GFM Staff

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