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Incendios, trueque de tierras en Osoyoos y Primeras Naciones analizan SMR — Resumen de Vancouver (viernes)

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🚑 Últimas noticias e incidentes

  1. Orden de evacuación para 107 propiedades cerca de Big Bar Lake mientras el incendio Fiftynine Creek se intensifica. El Distrito Regional Thompson Nicola elevó una alerta de evacuación a una orden que cubre aproximadamente 107 propiedades con dirección en el Área Electoral “E” (Bonaparte Plateau) tras la rápida intensificación del incendio Fiftynine Creek cerca de Big Bar Lake (Columbia Británica). Las autoridades advirtieron que Big Bar Road —una vía de acceso de grava— podría verse afectada y ordenaron a todas las personas en la zona evacuada que abandonen sus hogares de inmediato.

  2. Incendio Signal Hill crece hasta unos 97 hectáreas mientras residentes de Pemberton se preparan para evacuar. El Servicio contra Incendios Forestales de B.C. (BC Wildfire Service) y equipos locales informaron que el fuego Signal Hill alcanza una estimación de 97 hectáreas en las cercanías de Pemberton (comunidad de unas 3.600 personas); las autoridades municipales emitieron órdenes de evacuación para One Mile Lake Park y alertas para áreas circundantes, mientras que algunas viviendas perdieron electricidad momentáneamente por la actividad del fuego bajo líneas eléctricas.

  3. Rayo provoca incendio en el techo de una casa en Courtenay durante tormenta regional; bomberos apagan las llamas. Una vivienda en Courtenay (Isla de Vancouver) fue alcanzada el jueves por la noche, prendiendo la cumbrera del techo antes de que los equipos de Cumberland y del Valle de Comox extinguieran el incendio; la tormenta causó inundaciones generalizadas, varios cortes de energía y un elevado volumen de llamadas al 911, dijo el jefe de bomberos de Courtenay, Kurt McDonald.

🚨 Delitos y seguridad pública

  1. Dos niños siguen desaparecidos tras una Alerta Ámbar; RCMP busca a la madre Krista Morrison y a su pareja Daniel Ludwig. La RCMP (Real Policía Montada de Canadá) en Alberta dijo que Lanakai Morrison, de seis años, y Karl Morrison, de cuatro, continúan desaparecidos tras la desaparición del 7 de julio; la RCMP sigue buscando a Krista Morrison, de 35 años, y a Daniel Ludwig, y reportó avistamientos en Columbia Británica, incluyendo Fort St. John el 8 de julio, pero no ha localizado a los menores.

  2. RCMP de Fort St. John solicita ayuda pública para localizar a Nicole Andrus, de 31 años, y al bebé Krew Gordon, de un mes. La policía informó que Nicole Andrus y el lactante Krew Gordon fueron vistos por última vez el 9 de julio y se reportaron como desaparecidos el 16 de julio; la RCMP cree que podrían viajar en una Ford Expedition verde 2003 con matrícula de B.C. RK3 60C y pidió al público que no se acerque pero que llame a la RCMP de Fort St. John al 250-787-8140.

  3. Hombre de B.C. describe casi dos meses detenido en Georgia por medicación recetada para TDAH. Simon Rovensky, de 22 años, dijo que las autoridades georgianas lo arrestaron pese a que llevaba la medicación en el envase original de la farmacia con la etiqueta de la receta; pasó casi dos meses en la prisión de Gldani antes de que su familia recaudara decenas de miles de dólares para cubrir una multa, honorarios legales y otros costos y lograra su liberación.

🎨 Comunidad y cultura

  1. La banda Osoyoos negocia un intercambio de tierras con B.C. para restaurar sitios de la Corona culturalmente significativos. El jefe Clarence Louie dijo que la banda busca un conjunto de terrenos de la Corona, incluidos sitios ancestrales de enterramiento y lugares como Spotted Lake (Columbia Británica), a cambio de mantener las carreteras existentes que cruzan los límites actuales de la reserva; Louie subrayó que no se negocian propiedades privadas y que las conversaciones se centran únicamente en tierras de la Corona.

  2. Delegación de cinco Primeras Naciones estudia reactores modulares pequeños en Ontario para evaluar opciones energéticas para B.C. Representantes de las Primeras Naciones Haisla, Metlakatla, Nisga’a, Halfway River y Ts’il Kaz Koh viajaron a Ontario para conocer los reactores modulares pequeños (SMR, por sus siglas en inglés) mientras B.C. planifica un aumento de la demanda eléctrica en las próximas dos décadas; el jefe Wes Sam de Ts’il Kaz Koh dijo que su nación se está informando y aún no adopta una posición a favor o en contra de la tecnología nuclear.

📰 También hoy

  • La premier Eby llama a B.C. la ‘canaria en la mina’ por los impactos de los incendios forestales.
  • La Primera Nación Blueberry River planea un huerto de plantas nativas para restaurar tierras.
  • Abogado afirma que ‘ninguna cantidad de dinero’ evitaría la excarcelación del presunto asociado de Bishnoi.
  • El conteo de incendios se más que duplica tras tormentas con rayos en B.C.; se reportan múltiples nuevos fuegos.
  • Cuadrillas combatieron un incendio Signal Hill de 38 hectáreas cerca de Pemberton mientras se mantenían órdenes de evacuación.
  • Alcalde pide mejoras en la autopista Sea-to-Sky tras choque mortal y cierre.
  • Se abrió investigación sobre precios de combustibles en Kamloops y la región Sea-to-Sky.
  • Comentario de un alto oficial de la RCMP sobre ‘sin evidencia’ acerca de India contrasta con declaraciones anteriores.
  • B.C. Hydro informa costos de Site C en 14.9 mil millones de dólares mientras la construcción se acerca al fin.
  • Environment Canada afirma que El Niño ha llegado y pronostica impactos inusualmente fuertes.
  • Residentes del sur de Okanagan exigen respuestas tras salidas del jefe regional de bomberos.
  • La Primera Nación Simpcw firma un acuerdo de consentimiento para una mina de cobre propuesta cerca de Kamloops.
  • Parque de Delta añadirá un sitio dedicado para esparcir cenizas con designación oficial.
  • La junta de refugiados ordena la deportación del presunto asociado de la banda Bishnoi Sahibjot Singh.

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