sa国际传媒淲e still havensa国际传媒檛 taken steps to inform people not to smoke in our public areas,sa国际传媒� Lake Country Coun. Blair Ireland said at Tuesdaysa国际传媒檚 council meeting. sa国际传媒淚tsa国际传媒檚 threatening our community and we need to do something about it.sa国际传媒�

Sanitary measures, respect for neighbours and fire safety are the purposes driving councilsa国际传媒檚 wish for proper non-smoking signage.

Last season, far too many fires were caused by people. We need everyone in the province to be extra careful this year. Learn more at and follow for all the latest information. Take care this weekend.

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sa国际传媒淚 definitely do take a number of complaints about the lack of signage,sa国际传媒� Coun. Todd McKenzie said, sa国际传媒渁nd the lack of respect from people that are sitting on the beaches beside people and think nothing of blowing smoke in little kidssa国际传媒� faces and so on.

sa国际传媒淚 do agree there needs to be better signage there.sa国际传媒�

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Coun. Ireland said residents would like to be able to tell people not to smoke, but theresa国际传媒檚 nothing in the bylaws or signage that can back them up.

The district applied for proper signage once before, said Coun. Ireland and Mayor James Baker, but did not receive them.

sa国际传媒淲hen theresa国际传媒檚 no signage, it makes it impossible for the resident to have any teeth to do anything,sa国际传媒� Coun. Ireland said.

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Fire Chief Steve Windsor reminds residents that smoking isnsa国际传媒檛 permitted in any parks, regardless of signage or lack thereof. He said this isnsa国际传媒檛 just a Lake Country stipulation, every municipality through the Okanagan can attribute wildfires caused by cigarettes.

sa国际传媒淗istorically, wesa国际传媒檝e seen some pretty big fires caused by smoking,sa国际传媒� he said.

Effective at noon on Wednesday June 12, Category 2 & Category 3 open fires, as well as some other activities and the use of certain equipment, will be restricted throughout the Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires. More info:

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Since April 1, 2019, there have been 84 wildfires in the Kamloops fire region, according to BC Wildfire.

As it stands, 82 per cent of those fires have been human caused, according to BC Wildfire, noting the numbers continue to fluctuate due to ongoing investigations.

Further, in the Vernon to Penticton zone, there have been a total of 26 fires since April 1, 2019 and 21 of those are believed to be human caused.

sa国际传媒淲e can do better,sa国际传媒� Baker said.

David.venn@kelownacapnews.com
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