ACN31: Regional Wildfires and Football gets Cancelled

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LOCAL NEWS It’s HOT out there! In collaboration with Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, Interior Health has developed the Heat Alert and Response System (HARS) to support communities to reduce the impact of extreme heat events. Through a three-level heat advisory system, Interior Health keeps communities informed about the increasing risk caused by high temperatures over long periods. Last week a HARS advisory was issued from the Village (highlight info from advisory) Follow Interior Health on Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date with heat advisories in your community. Interior Savings Renovation - The Credit Union (bank) side renos are nearing completion. They hope to be back in their space next week. - The Insurance office is located in the portable trailer and will continue to be a while longer until the renos are completed on their side. Back to School is just around the corner! - The School district has issued a news release showing specifics of their plan.

More than 88 active wildfires in BC as of this afternoon. Most of these are in southern BC. According to CBC news: More than 70 new wildfires have broken out in B.C. in the past two days amid sweltering heat in parts of the province. More than half the new wildfires in B.C. are linked to Sunday's night storm, which saw 1,600 lightning strikes tear across the South Coast and Central Interior. Sarah Hull of the provinces wildfires co-ordination centre says, "A lot of the spark-ups that we've had have been pretty tiny," "Our crews are jumping on them very quickly and extinguishing them." None of the fires so far in B.C. pose any risk to people or buildings, Hall said.

Canadian Football League season has been cancelled - According to thecomback.com, The CFL has officially cancelled its 2020 season and the 108th Grey Cup, saying they’re “shifting our focus to 2021 and beyond” After a loan request was denied by the Canadian federal government, the CFL has shifted its focus to 2021. Andrew Bucholtz further reports For the first time since 1919, the Grey Cup will not be awarded this year. That comes thanks to the Canadian Football League officially cancelling its season Monday. But that streak is now coming to an end thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. …but apparently a local Orca and pro punter has not heard about the CFL cancellation as he was spotted punting a seal as shown here. Show picture Vancouver Island News reports: VICTORIA -- A transient orca showed off its immense strength as it launched a seal into the air off the coast of Vancouver Island over the weekend. Images of the hunt were shared by the operators of Five Star Whale Watching in Victoria, who spotted the orcas near Sidney Island at 3:15 p.m. Sunday. While it is common for transient orcas, or Bigg’s killer whales, to hunt other marine mammals like seals, the method seen Sunday is unusual, according to the whale watching company.