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KEREMEOS, B.C. A wildfire on the fringes of British Columbia's southern Okanagan has grown. The BC Wildfire Service said the blaze, which is about 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, is now nearly 60 square kilometres in size.
August 02, 2021 - 3:30 PM Humans aren’t the only creatures being impacted by smoky skies and warming temperatures insects may be adapting behaviours to the weather too. “One specific issue that we have been discussing in my lab is the fact that insects orient and find food, mates, and habitat through sight and smell and that wildfire smoke can potentially interfere with those really important insect behaviours,” Juli Carrillo, UBC professor with the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, said via email. A special air quality advisory is in place for much of B.C. s Interior due to wildfire smoke. A heat warning is also in effect.