# Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen

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## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Wildfire Evacuations Fail 1 in 4 Canadians With Disabilities
2026-08-22 17:07:29 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

The Bald Range wildfire exposed how Canada's emergency-alert systems still assume residents can hear sirens and self-evacuate — a dangerous gap for the roughly one in four Canadians with a disability. As climate change intensifies disasters, advocates warn that inaccessible evacuation procedures are becoming a life-or-death adaptation failure.
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