Chief says about 230 homes destroyed by B.C. wildfire

Okanagan Indian Band ‘getting stronger everyday’ amid devastating wildfire

Although a devastating wildfire continues to leave hundreds without access to their homes, Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB)’s chief says his community “is getting stronger everyday.”

Wildfire destroys about 230 homes in western Canadian Indigenous community

VERNON - A fast-moving wildfire destroyed about 230 homes in an Indigenous community in western Canada, officials said Tuesday, making it one of the country’s most destructive fires in recent years.

‘It’s like somebody died’: Okanagan chief mourns homes and memories lost in wildfire

The Bradley Creek wildfire has destroyed hundreds of homes near the northern end of Okanagan Lake, including about 30 belonging to band members, making it one of the most destructive wildfires in recent Canadian history.

BC lakeside community is in ruins as chief says 230 homes destroyed by wildfire

The devastation stretches for more than a kilometre along the northwest shore of British Columbia's Okanagan Lake, house after house reduced to scorched and twisted metal and grey dust.

‘Not as harsh to look at,’ says C.B.N councillor, as challenges remain 1 year after wildfire

For Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove Coun. Mark Ploughman, seeing blueberries growing again is something he never thought would make him so happy.