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BC STATE OF EMERGENCY UPDATE AUG 20 2018

The following is an update on the fires in BC.

  • B.C. is in its fifth day of a province-wide state of emergency. There are more than 560 wildfires burning across the province.
  • People living in more than 2,800 properties have been forced to leave, while 11,300 more properties are under evacuation alerts.
  • On Friday, the province announced it would match donations to the Red Cross for people affected by wildfires up to $20 million.
  • The B.C. Wildfire Service said its cost for fighting fires so far this season has topped $242 million.
  • More than 100 Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to help B.C. personnel.
  • Wildfire smoke over western Canada is visible from NASA’s DSCOVR satellite — about 1.6 million kilometres away.

Smoke has delayed on cancelled many flights around the Province.  On Vancouver Island the smoke is so thick all fire fighting helicopters are grounded. For the rest of the Provinve go to

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-1.4791099

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VANCOUVER ISLAND EXHIBITION AUGUST 17 18 19 2018

Thanks to all members of the Coast Emergency Communications Association and the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association who attended the Vancouver Island Exhibition this weekend in support of  the amateur radio booth. Special thanks to those that organized everything, you know who you are. I won’t list names as I know I  someone will be missed.  Great job everyone.

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Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association Radio Course

The following information has been received from the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association

The Nanaimo Amateur Radio Club (NARA) is providing a Basic Radio Course starting mid-September and an Advanced course in January at the NARA Club location in Nanaimo.

The Basic Course starts Saturday September 22nd and runs for 6 weeks with the exam on week 7.  The club has an ISED certified examiner who will conduct the exam on week 7.

The Advance Course, which you need your Basic Licence first, is planned for mid-January for 7 weeks and the exam in week 8.

The cost is estimated to be $120 per student including the study guide and one-year club membership. This is payable to the club.  The exact cost will be determined shortly as the study guide costs vary from year to year based on volume and shipping costs.

The Basic course is designed to take someone with little to no electronics background through to the exam.

The Saturday classes format will be lectures in the morning and hands on with equipment in the afternoons.

Please let me know via email (mycallsign@gmail.com) with your full name, email and phone number and more details will be provided as they become available.

Tom VE7TOM