The wildfire situation is continually evolving, and the information below is current as of 7 p.m. (Pacific time) on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.Fires:Wildfires burning in B.C.: 232Since April 1, 2021:1,558 wildfires864,665 hectares of area burnedActive fires by fire centre:Cariboo: 25Coastal: 19Kamloops: 79Northwest: 5Prince George: 49Southeast: 55Resources:Firefighters and other personnel fighting the fires: 2,979Out-of-province firefighters: 443Helicopters and planes supporting ground crews: 110Evacuations:Evacuation orders: 28 (-1) Evacuation alerts: 77 (-2) Properties:Number of properties on ord

Health Canada has finally given the green light for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be used to inoculate kids as young as 12.The original approval for Moderna in December 2020 was only for people at least 18 years old.Moderna applied for authorization for youth in early June, citing a clinical trial of 3,700 youth in which none of the teens who got two doses developed a COVID-19 infection.Youth as young as 12 in Canada have been authorized to receive the vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech since May 5.As of mid-August, 75 per cent of kids in that age group had received at least one dose, and 59 per cen

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said the police action against protesting farmers in Haryana's Karnal is a kind of Talibani mentality. Speaking to mediapersons, Raut said, "Attack on farmers is a shameful incident for the nation. This is a kind of Talibani mentality. Farmers are doing protests for two years on the Ghazipur border, Haryana border... They are fighting for their rights. SDM gave an order to break the head of the farmers and the government is not serious about this issue. How can this government say it is for the poor and

Indian shooter Avani Lekhara on August 30 clinched gold medal in women's 10m Air Rifle standing SH1 in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. China's Zhang Cuiping won silver and Ukraine's Iryna Shchetnik won bronze. "For me, there can be no greater happiness than this. This is the result of her hard work. I hope she brings a gold medal in 50m shooting also," said Avani's grandfather. Lekhara became the first woman from India to win gold medal at Paralympics.

B.C. is reporting 867 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 163,560 cases in the province. There are 5,657 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 155,928 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 159 individuals are in hospital and 84 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.In the past 24 hours, three new deaths (Interior Health) have been reported, for an overall total of 1,807. From Aug. 12-25, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 82.0% of cases and 85.9% of hospitalizations.Past we

The athlete who carried the Canadian flag at the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Paralympics has won a silver medal. Priscilla Gagne of Sarnia, Ontario came in second in the women's 52-kilo judo competition. It was one of two silver medals Canadians won today. Track cyclist Kate O'Brien finished second in the women's C-4 500-metre time trial. Canada has now won a total of 6 medals at the Tokyo Paralympics. It includes 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Vancouver Police are requesting help to locate a missing 40 year old man who disappeared more than a week ago.Hardeep (Dee) Bassram was last seen at his home near West 12th Avenue and Granville Street on August 19. Mr. Bassram is South Asian, six feet tall, 175 pounds, and has a muscular build. He also has short black hair that is receding and a short-cropped beard. He was last seen wearing a red hoody with the outline of a teddy bear on the left chest, a black baseball hat, red and black Nike runners, and was carrying a dark blue backpack.Mr. Bassram’s disappearance is out of character and

A Vancouver Police investigation has led to sex charges against a man who allegedly groped a child at Granville Island earlier this month.VPD officers arrested Derek Sangris, 42, on Tuesday, after a 12-year-old girl reported that she had been groped and sexually assaulted while at the Granville Island Public Market on August 13. The victim contacted police after VPD released information about a series of gropings that occurred around False Creek on August 17. The BC Prosecution Service has approved charges of sexual assault and sexual interference against Sangris, related to an incident on Au

Mounties say their initial investigation shows speed was a factor in a crash that killed three teenage hockey players in Surrey, B.C. In a news release, police say investigators have found that the car was travelling at a speed ``significantly greater'' than the posted limit. Emergency services personnel were called out early Saturday after a car hit a tree. Officials have said all three of the car's occupants died at the scene. The NHL and hockey teams, including the Humboldt Broncos, offered their condolences to the families of the three junior players. The league identified the players in