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KLAUG2023
Fire-damaged West Kelowna homes being assessed by Canada Task Force 1
A special search and rescue team based out of Vancouver should have a very good…
Kamloops air quality five times worse than the Okanagan but it’s all unhealthy
A key measure of air quality records the amount of particulate matter under 2.5 micrograms…
Approximately 200 structures destroyed by Central Okanagan wildfires
Final numbers have yet to be released but the number of homes destroyed by Central…
Most non-essential travel restrictions in Okanagan, Shuswap to be lifted at midnight
BC's minister of emergency management said an order restricting travel to many communities in the…
Poor air quality and showers forecast for Kamloops and the Okanagan
Smoky skies are forecast to continue in Kamloops and the Okanagan for the next day…
‘Scary as hell’: West Kelowna couple lose home and ranch to McDougall Creek wildfire
In just one day, the McDougall Creek wildfire destroyed Crystal and Jeff Findlay's home and…
People will find out online today if their homes were lost in Central Okanagan wildfires
Later today, the thousands of people evacuated due to the McDougall Creek Wildfire in and…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Why wildfires closed Kelowna airport this time and not others
Wildfires are common in the Okanagan every summer but they don’t force the closure of…
Toxic impact of Kelowna landfill fires being examined
When suspected embers from the McDougall Creek Wildfire crossed Okanagan Lake from the Trader's Cove…
Kelowna airport reopens to most commercial flights
Travellers will be able to fly in and out of the Kelowna International Airport without…