Wildfire looming over Squamish, B.C., reached within 40 metres of homes

Wildfire looming over Squamish, B.C., reached within 40 metres of homes

Drivers on British Columbia's Sea To Sky Highway could see the smoke billowing from the forested hills above Squamish on Wednesday.

Air quality and the Island's wildfire situation improving

If you looked from Nanaimo’s Departure Bay across the Georgia Strait towards Squamish Wednesday afternoon it was impossible to make out the mountains with the wildfire in that area. Only as you look farther north can you see an outline of them. From Mount Tolmie, as you look around there’s a definite haze in the air but the province’s monitoring stations show Vancouver Island’s air is still fairing relatively well. “Concentrations are all below …