Lightning ignites wildfires; hikers trapped on mountain Lightning dances above Horseshoe Bay during Saturday's electrical storm. Photo by David Zhang. The electrical storm that tore through the South Coast on Saturday night created chaos on a number of fronts. Thousands of lightning strikes peppered Vancouver Island and the South Coast, creating havoc at Vancouver International Airport and causing sweeping power outages. Vancouver Island, which this season has experienced jus

Small communities need to stay engaged, experts say Small communities need to work together to manage resources in case of emergencies, according to Emergency Management consultants Dave Mitchell and Associates. Councillors attending last Tuesday's Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting heard an overview of the state of emergency management services in small communities from the consultants, who have been engaging small communities across the province over the past year. Metro

Metro considers pooling resources of smaller communities Incident command post, Battani Creek landslide. Source: Metro Vancouver Mutual...