Local governments – including Merritt – will press the Province on number of resolutions.
City of Merritt is considering a new policy to curb public drinking.
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A WEEK ON FIRE: HOW THE MINE CREEK BLAZE UNFOLDED One spark. Seven days. Over 3,000 hectares burned. TY LIM
reporter@merrittherald.com
For the last week, driving the Highway 5, you may feel like you’re entering another reality as an orange haze fills the sky and a numbness hits your throat. In reality, you’re doing exactly that, entering into the new world and in an age of wildfire. According to statistics from Natural Resources Canada, B.C. leads the country with the amount of wildfires as of Sept. 3. There are 1,160 fires have burned in the province this year, destroying nearly 770,000 hectares of land. While this is a lower amount of damage as previous years, it shows a trend of the last five years of devastating wildfire season. Most of the fires are lightning caused - around 70 per cent in 2023 and 2024 - and a recent “out-of-control” wildfire along the Coquihalla Summit seems to be of the same cause. It was Labour Day, Sept. 1 when it was FIRE: continued on page 3
PHOTO : TY LIM
MINE CREEK WILDFIRE: Smoke from the rapidly spreading Mine Creek wildfire filled the sky over the Coquihalla Highway, prompting road closures and evacuations.
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