The Question
Which clock does Fernie keep?
Fernie voted 72 per cent for Alberta's clock. The rest of BC went the other way.
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Fire Season
Smoke, but no fire.
Two air quality warnings, a campfire ban from July 23 and a provincial state of emergency in August. Not one wildfire in the Fernie area.
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What Fernie says so far
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Why we’re asking
Air quality warnings for wildfire smoke covered the Elk Valley, Fernie included, on July 23 and again on August 1. The smoke blew in from the Pacific Northwest. There were no wildfires in the Fernie area itself.
Category 1 campfires were banned across the entire East Kootenay from July 23. On August 8 the Premier declared a provincial state of emergency over wildfire conditions across BC, though not for anything local. The last remaining evacuation alert in the East Kootenay has since been fully rescinded, and no properties in the region are on alert or order.
Sources: Air quality warning, August 1 · Air quality warning, July 23 · Tourism Fernie wildfire updates · East Kootenay fires update
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EllenRidgemont
Three weeks indoors with an air purifier from Canadian Tire is not a plan.
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