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KLAUG2023
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…