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Rain helps but there is still active flames in the McDougall Creek Wildfire
Rainfall in and around the McDougall Creek Wildfire ranged from 2 mm up to almost…
Arrests have been made in wildfire evacuation zones: Kelowna RCMP
Kelowna RCMP are asking the public to respect evacuation zones by keeping out of them.…
RCMP recover body from Osoyoos Lake
A body was recovered from Osoyoos Lake yesterday afternoon. The public alerted police about a…
Kelowna residents given extra month to have say on $241M rec centre
Wildfires have led Kelowna city staff to recommend Kelowna residents be given another month to…
How were you alerted to evacuate for Central Okanagan wildfires?
It was clear last Thursday that much of the Southern Interior was ripe for an…
Kamloops man rescues owl likely disoriented by wildfire smoke
A Kamloops resident said he almost stepped on a small owl sitting on a walk-way…
Firefighter attends citizenship ceremony while on front lines of West Kelowna wildfire
POPKUM, B.C. – When Walter Roos was planning for the ceremony over Zoom where he…
Children flee in time as West Kelowna wildfire destroys summer camp on Okanagan Lake
A children's summer camp located on Okanagan Lake near West Kelowna has been destroyed by…
Arrest of serial killer in New York puts renewed focus on missing Kamloops woman
Kamloops resident Glendene Grant’s daughter was the victim of human trafficking and disappeared from Las…
Smoke may hinder a sunny weekend in Kamloops and the Okanagan
Tourists will be happier this weekend as sunny skies and warmer temperatures are in the…
Protesters hoped to ‘overwhelm’ RCMP wildfire blockade in Shuswap: police
Protesters have tried to bypass an RCMP blockade on the Trans-Canada Highway in the Shuswap…
Some daytime commercial flights resume at Kelowna airport
Daytime flights have resumed in Kelowna, however some airspace restrictions remain in place as BC…
Half of Wilson’s Landing firefighters lost homes in ‘violent’ McDougall Creek firestorm
In 2021, Paul Zydowicz helped fight the destructive White Rock Lake Wildfire as deputy chief…
UBCO takes out record $262M building permit for downtown ‘vertical campus’
After weeks of digging the foundation for underground parking at its new downtown “vertical campus",…
RCMP investigating Kelowna homicide; suspect arrested
Police have a suspect in custody in connection to a homicide in Kelowna's Rutland neighbourhood…
Body of missing Mexican national found in Osoyoos Lake
RCMP have confirmed the body recovered from Osoyoos Lake earlier this week is that of…
iN PHOTOS: RCMP deploys dozens of reinforcements in McDougall Creek wildfire
More backup has arrived in the fight against Central Okanagan wildfires. The RCMP deployed 76…
Vacuum of news on Facebook during a disaster being filled by conspiracy theorists
The cause of the McDougall Creek Wildfire in and around West Kelowna is still under…
Planned pedestrian overpass in downtown Kelowna triples in cost
There has been talk of a pedestrian/cycling overpass on Highway 97 in downtown Kelowna for…
iN VIDEO: RCMP capture masked bandit in ‘bizarre’ BC home invasion
Police in the Victoria area suburb of Langford got a very unusual call for help…
The smoke above West Kelowna today is a controlled burn
Thousands of people evacuated due to the McDougall Creek Wildfire in and around West Kelowna…
All evacuation orders in Kelowna downgraded to alert status
Emergency officials have downgraded all evacuation orders in Kelowna to alert status effective immediately. The…
More than 300 properties in Lake Country downgraded to evacuation alert
Many of the people evacuated by wildfire in Lake Country will be returning home today.…
iN VIDEO: Praying mantis pair show up in Shuswap, don’t get along
A woman in the Shuswap had two strange alien-looking critters on her property in the…