Backcountry access banned in B.C.'s Cariboo region where wildfires rage

KAMLOOPS — Access to the backcountry has been banned in a large swath of British Columbia’s Interior as wildfire crews gear up for a challenging weekend.
Kevin Skrepnek with the B.C. Wildfire Service says winds are expected to pick up Saturday with a change in the weather and that risks fuelling fires already burning throughout the Cariboo fire centre.
The ban starts immediately, covering 103,000 square kilometres in south central B.C., and Skrepnek says it is intended to maintain sa