International Media Coverage of the Fire

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August 24, 2003  
Firestorm in western Canada
BLAZE DESTROYS MORE THAN 200 HOMES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Allan Dowd, San Jose Mercury News, page 21A
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/6606468.htm
 

August 25, 2003
Firestorm devastates 200 homes
Blaze forces 30,000 to abandon community
Bangkok Post (Thailand)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/25Aug2003_news30.html


August 24, 2003
Winds Aid Canadian Fire Fight; Chretien to Visit
Yahoo! News
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=4&u=/nm/20030824/sc_nm/environment_fires_canada_dc
 

August 24, 2003
Firefighters make blaze progress
ITV.com (UK)
http://www.itv.com/news/112969.html
 

August 24, 2003
Kelowna breaths a sigh of relief
The Globe and Mail
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030824.wfire0823_4/BNStory/Front/
 

August 24, 2003
PM to tour scorched southern B.C. interior
CTV.ca News Staff
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1061734132024_21/?hub=Canada
 

August 24, 2003
Fire horror will endure
Long-term turmoil for victims predicted
Bill Kaufmann, Calgary Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-08-24-0024.html
 

August 24, 2003
Thousands more leave fire zone
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)
http://www.timesdispatch.com/frontpage/MGBO3Y8BQJD.html
 

August 24, 2003
Firefighters gain ground against Okanagan wildfire
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/24/firesbc030824
 

August 24, 2003
CANADA FIRES DIE DOWN
Sky News UK
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12746035,00.html
 

August 24, 2003
Fire forces 30,000 from Canadian city
Jeremy Hainsworth, Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0824wildfire24.html
 

August 24, 2003
200 homes burn as B.C. fire routs 30,000 residents
Arizona Daily Star
http://www.azstarnet.com/star/today/30824RBCFIRES-CAN.html
 

August 24, 2003
30,000 flee B.C. firestorm as hundreds of homes burn
Ray Rivera, Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001604000_bcfires24m.html
 

August 24, 2003
B.C. firefighter on the job hours after losing home to wildfire
The Olympian (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20030824/northwest/83280.shtml
 

August 24, 2003
Kelowna, B.C. Wildfire Situation Worsens
KOMO 4 News (Seattle)
http://www.komotv.com/stories/26781.htm
 

August 24, 2003
Wildfires torch over 200 homes
26,000 residents of Kelowna evacuated
Carol Harrington, The Halifax Herald
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/08/24/f218.raw.html
 

August 24, 2003
"We got hammered good"
Bill Kaufmann, Calgary Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-08-24-0005.html
 

August 24, 2003
'Your house is gone...'
Kelowna firefighters share the pain of losing everything
Edmonton Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-08-24-0016.html
 

August 24, 3003
Kelowna fire evacuees return home
But danger of deadly blazes raging over 196 square kilometres remains
Carol Harrington, Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1061722925788&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
 

August 24, 2003
Fire levels 200 homes
Kelowna suffers 'staggering losses' as flames close in on heart of city
Jim Farrell, Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/story.asp?id=993F425C-D7B0-44A6-B203-D942A354982A
 

August 24, 2003
'Losses are staggering'
Ragging forest fires claim more than 200 Kelowna homes
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/WinnipegNews/ws.ws-08-24-0017.html
 

August 24, 2003
Firefighters, residents get a break
CBC News British Columbia
http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_fire_one20030824
 

August 24, 3003
Fire razes more than 200 homes in Kelowna, B.C.
CTV.ca Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1061670490877_187/?hub=Canada
 

August 24, 2003
Devastation in Kelowna shocks observers
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/23/bcfire_cope030823
 

August 23, 2003
World Briefing: Americas - CANADA: 10,000 FLEE WILDFIRE
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/23/international/americas/23BRIE1.html?ex=1062216000&en=dca40c1b50b4d645&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
 

August 23, 2003
Over 30,000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Over 30,000 Residents Flee Forest Fires Rampaging Past Orchards and Vineyards in Western Canada
ABCNEWS.com
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030823_455.html
 

August 23, 2003
Thousands flee fires in West Canada
RTE News (Ireland)
http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0823/fires.html
 

August 23, 2003
Over 30,000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
Guardian Unlimited (UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3062670,00.html
 

August 23, 2003
Thousands more evacuated from British Columbia fire zone
The Star (Malaysia)
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/8/23/latest/13661Thousands&sec=latest
 

August 23, 2003
20,000 more evacuated in Kelowna
CBC News British Columbia
http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_weather20030822
 

August 23, 2003
Upward of 200 homes lost as wildfire tears through Kelowna suburbs
Carol Harrington, Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/story.asp?id=2DBE690D-1590-4732-9729-FA7C04228517
 

August 23, 2003
Fleeing the fires
City man's visit home turns into nightmare
Janet Fanjoy, CanadaEast.com (New Brunswick)
http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030823/DGEBRIEF/308230065/-1/FRONTPAGE
 

August 23, 2003
Upscale houses burn: 'There is nothing left' 
Amy O'Brian, Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/story.asp?id=03750359-2781-4E84-AB0C-2DD53F056085

 

August 23, 2003
Ash falls around us; this house is threatened
Brian Hitchinson, National Post (Halifax)
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?id=3719C6ED-2810-4653-BB06-AFB161558AC7
 

August 23, 2003
27,000 flee Kelowna, B.C., blaze
Homes on fire in affluent suburb; smoke chokes city
National Post (Halifax)
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?id=255B9EDF-87ED-4765-AFAA-88DECD490451

 

August 23, 2003
B.C. fire moves into urban areas near Kelowna
CTV.ca News Staff
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1061547298099_42/?hub=TopStories
 

August 21, 2003
Raging Fires Threatens British Columbia Wineries
Lynn Alley, Wine Spectator
http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/News/0,1145,2168,00.html

 

August 21, 2003
Thousands on edge as British Columbia fire grows
STUFF: WORLD NEWS (New Zealand)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2634732a12,00.html

 

Friday 22nd August 2003
Thousands flee British Columbia fire
ANANOVA.COM
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_811862.html
 

August 25, 2003
Winds aid Canadian fire fight
The New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3519851&thesection=news&thesubsection=world

 

August 24, 2003
Thousands flee forest flames in Canada
Taipei Times (Taiwan)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/08/24/2003065039

 

August 24, 2003
Forest fire rages in western Canada
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,4789_W_954774,00.html

 

August 24, 2003
Canada wildfire forces 10,000 to flee homes
The Manila Times (Philippines)
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2003/aug/24/world/20030824wor1.html

 

August 24, 2003
Canadians forced to flee firestorm
NZOOM.com (New Zealand)
http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,215551-1-9,00.html

 

August 24, 2003
Weather Helps Stop Canadian Fire
CBSNEWS.com
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/05/world/main566650.shtml

 

August 24, 2003
Weather helps contain western Canada forest fire
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/08/24/international1249EDT0446.DTL

 

August 24, 2003
30,000 evacuated in Canadian wildfire
San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/news/news_1n24world.html

 

August 24, 2003
Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 30,000 in Western Canada
Graig McCulloch, Voice of America (VOANEWS.com)
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=02E7B1E2-754E-4A75-9BFBDF3ED4CE3CFA

 

August 24, 2003
Thousands flee wildfire in western Canada
Modesto Bee (Modesto, CA)
http://www.modbee.com/24hour/global/story/977609p-6856389c.html

 

August 23, 2003
Thousands flee Canada fire
Forest fires in the British Columbian town of Kelowna have lead to the evacuation of 30,000 people, say officials.
BBC News (UK)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3175613.stm

 

August 23, 2003
Thirty-thousand flee Canadian forest fire
Tiscali News (UK)
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/newswire.cgi/news/reuters/2003/08/23/world/thirty-thousandfleecanadianforestfire.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html

 

August 23, 2003
Over 30,000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
The Miami Herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6602830.htm

 

August 23, 2003
Resident's ponder wildfire's effects
Hanson Hosein, MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.com/news/956460.asp?cp1=1

 

August 23, 2003
Wildfires expand in Western Canada
The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2003/08/23/wildfires_expand_in_western_canada/

 

August 25, 2003
Winds aid Canadian fire fight
The New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3519851&thesection=news&thesubsection=world

 

August 24, 2003
Thousands flee forest flames in Canada
Taipei Times (Taiwan)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/08/24/2003065039

 

August 24, 2003
Forest fire rages in western Canada
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,4789_W_954774,00.html

 

August 24, 2003
Canada wildfire forces 10,000 to flee homes
The Manila Times (Philippines)
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2003/aug/24/world/20030824wor1.html

 

August 24, 2003
Canadians forced to flee firestorm
NZOOM.com (New Zealand)
http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,215551-1-9,00.html

 

August 24, 2003
Weather Helps Stop Canadian Fire
CBSNEWS.com
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/05/world/main566650.shtml

 

August 24, 2003
Weather helps contain western Canada forest fire
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/08/24/international1249EDT0446.DTL

 

August 24, 2003
30,000 evacuated in Canadian wildfire
San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/news/news_1n24world.html

 

August 24, 2003
Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 30,000 in Western Canada
Graig McCulloch, Voice of America (VOANEWS.com)
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=02E7B1E2-754E-4A75-9BFBDF3ED4CE3CFA

 

August 24, 2003
Thousands flee wildfire in western Canada
Modesto Bee (Modesto, CA)
http://www.modbee.com/24hour/global/story/977609p-6856389c.html

 

August 23, 2003
Thousands flee Canada fire
Forest fires in the British Columbian town of Kelowna have lead to the evacuation of 30,000 people, say officials.
BBC News (UK)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3175613.stm

 

August 23, 2003
Thirty-thousand flee Canadian forest fire
Tiscali News (UK)
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/newswire.cgi/news/reuters/2003/08/23/world/thirty-thousandfleecanadianforestfire.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html

 

August 23, 2003
Over 30,000 Flee Blazes in Western Canada
The Miami Herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6602830.htm

 

August 23, 2003
Resident's ponder wildfire's effects
Hanson Hosein, MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.com/news/956460.asp?cp1=1

August 23, 2003
Wildfires expand in Western Canada
The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2003/08/23/wildfires_expand_in_western_canada/

 

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