We just spent 5 days in the greater #Victoria area on #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia and every bit of it was stunning. #BCferries is such a great service and amazing way to travel. There are so many #waterfalls and stunning #nature everywhere. The drive on the #YellowheadHighway was easy and gorgeous. #Canada is amazing, we are spoiled living in this country. #TravelCanada it is so worth it. Cannot wait to head #east and see the #maritimes.

UPDATE 4: Posted at 02:27 MT

#Jasper, #Alberta evacuation continues.

Reception centres open in #Valemont #BC as well as #GrandePrairie and #Calgary #AB.

#ABfire
#BCfire
#wildfires
#EvacuationOrder
#ABroads
#YellowheadHighway
#Hwy16
#Valemont
#YQU
#YYC

UPDATE 3: in #BritishColumbia, #YellowheadHighway is closed (eastbound only). Highway remains OPEN westbound for Jasper evacuees.

Info from Drive.bc:

> Fort George / Highway 16 Eastbound
Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway), eastbound. Limited visibility with smoke between Hwy 5/16 JCT at Tete Jaune and BC AB Border for 76.6 km (Tete Jaune to British Columbia and Alberta Border). Road closed.

#Hwy16
#ABroads
#BCroads
#Jasper
#EvacuationOrder
#wildfires
#ABfire
#BCfire

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The Highway of Tears refers to a 724 km length of Yellowhead Highway 16 in British Columbia where many women (mostly Indigenous) have disappeared or been found murdered. The Highway of Tears is part of a larger, national crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. ...

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The closure of a Prince George pulp mill is yet another warning we’re running out of trees.

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