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Thursday, September 3, 2015 ▼ Volume 51 No. 36 ▼ www.clearwatertimes.com ▼ $1.35 Includes GST
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Mantrackers chase their prey Five human “prey” run from four trackers on horseback during the second annual Wells Gray Mantracker event in Upper Clearwater last weekend. The prey are (l-r) JF Labranche, Nick Dunne, Jodie Phillips, Chance Breckenridge and Todd Phillips. All are from Clearwater except Dunne, who is from Vavenby. Behind them are riders (l-r) Shelley Mooney, Sally Carter, Allison Geofroy and Cole Barker. All are from Mission except Carter, who is from Savona. For more about the Mantracker event, see page A11 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill
Campfires now allowed Keith McNeill
Crash near Vavenby junction A semi-trailer truck lays on its side on Highway 5 following a crash early Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 25, near Vavenby. The Victoria woman who took this photo was forced off the road to avoid being hit while friends following behind had to brake suddenly and then back up. Also see the RCMP report on page A7 inside. Photo by Carrie Cole Photography
The campfire ban is now over. According to Richard Swift, wildfire coordination officer with Clearwater Fire Zone, the ban ended on Monday at noon for the entire Kamloops Fire Centre, which stretches from the U.S. border to the north end of Wells Gray Park. The only area in the province with a campfire ban now is the western portion of the Cariboo Forest District. Despite the lifting of the ban and the recent rain, the danger of wildfire remains, Swift cautioned. "The rain knocked things down but didn’t change a lot of our condition. Things could bounce back. There is still a risk," he said.
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Rainfall over the previous few days amounted to only 4.6 mm. Swift noted that a campfire is defined as an open fire that burns piled material no larger than 0.5 m in height and 0.5 m in width and is used by any person for recreational purpose, or by a First Nation for a ceremonial purpose. It does not include industrial fires or fires for burning backyard waste. Fire Zone staff will be taking down signs telling of the ban as quickly as possible, he said. The only fire to be actioned in the Clearwater Fire Zone last week was a 0.1 ha blaze in the general area of eight km on Vavenby Road 2. The fire was found on Aug. 25 and declared out on Aug. 28.