Thanks for asking!
My wife and I got back from a trip to southern Alberta last Tuesday. Once we left Canmore, we never saw the sun all the way home to the north Cariboo. The air was thick with smoke, but no particulate. The smoke has reached right to western Ontario.
Clear skies today, but for days we had an eerie half light that made mid-afternoon appear like dusk. The Ashcroft Reserve fire is 45,000 hectares in size and said to be out of control.
Road closures all over the place, travel into the back country verboten, no camp fires, mass evacuations, relocation of livestock, etc. Our club cancelled a Sporting Clays event and we just cancelled our annual CAS shoot, rescheduling it for next month. Evacuated people can't get home to their guns and if they did, there is no guarantee they could get back home.
We live in the Baker Creek drainage area west of Quesnel by 60 kms. There is a fire NW of us, but it is not likely to affect us. A few years back there was a major fire west of us and that will be a natural fire break.
All of our forestry friends have been working like Trojans, trudging through windfalls marking routes for bull dozers to clear. Exhaustion is starting to take a toll amongst firefighters, first responders, volunteers and emergency personnel. Williams Lake has closed it's hospital.
All of us have evac plans in place, prioritizing what goes and what stays. People with respiratory problems have gone to other locations. My wife will leave with the dogs and our guns (those we can pack) and I will remain to do what I can. As long as we have power, we have good water pressure from our well and I long ago got rid of trees in close proximity to the house. But living on a 5 acre wood lot, we are surrounded by forest on three sides, the lake on the west side.
I've heard of a would be looter being shot non-fatally and no charges were laid against the shooter. Another was beaten up with a hockey stick and again, no charges laid.
Speaking of guns .... remember my interest in your B '86 45-70? I just acquired a [JM] Marlin 95 with Ballard rifling. 22" barrel, 1x20" ROT. Check my post on 'Gun Reviews'.