Ravi Parmar

B.C. forestry groups say the sector has reached a breaking point and are urging the province to take immediate action to protect mills, jobs and access to timber.

The majority of Summerland residents are able to return home after an evacuation order was lifted, but it's still unclear how many homes may have been lost to the Bald Range wildfire.

Wildfire officials said crews are working around the clock at the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland to try to control the blaze and allow people to safely return home.

B.C. officials are providing a provincial update Tuesday at 11 a.m. as major wildfires in the Okanagan have forced thousands of people from their homes and prompted widespread evacuation orders and alerts.

British Columbia is banning recreational off-road vehicles on Crown land in parts of the province to reduce the risk of wildfires.

B.C. has declared a state of provincial emergency as a rapidly growing wildfire near Summerland forces thousands of people from their homes.

About 8,000 people are under evacuation orders in British Columbia as wildfires continue to threaten communities in the southern Interior and Cariboo regions, provincial officials said Tuesday.

The British Columbia government is criticizing the latest round of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, saying the measures will hurt workers and businesses on both sides of the border while reinforcing the need to diversify the province's trading relationships.

As hot, dry weather persists across southern B.C., provincial officials warned Tuesday that wildfire activity and drought conditions are expected to worsen before they improve.

B.C. wildfire officials warned dry lightning and severe drought could spark new fires across the province in coming days.

Provincial officials are warning that ongoing drought and above-normal temperatures could make for a difficult wildfire season across British Columbia this summer.

The federal government is expected to release a long-awaited action plan for Canada's struggling forest sector within days, a senior official said Thursday.