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Wildfire north of West Kelowna being held; Westside Road reopens
The evacuation alert for 18 homes on Westside Road due to a wildfire in the…
iN PHOTOS: Westside Road reopens as residents deal with the aftermath of wildfire
Most residents living along Westside Road north of West Kelowna have been allowed to return…
UPDATE: Westside Road reopens following washout
WEST KELOWNA – For the second time this month, a washout closed part of Westside…
UPDATE: Westside Road north of West Kelowna reopens
WEST KELOWNA – A section of the road between West Kelowna and Vernon on the…
Blood but no driver found in rolled SUV on Westside Road
WEST KELOWNA – Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that rolled down…
VIDEO: Westside Road before and after $45 million
WEST KELOWNA – The Ministry of Transportation recently released a side-by-side, before and after video…
Good samaritans stop to douse small roadside fire in North Okanagan
VERNON – People in the Okanagan are very much on guard when it comes to…
Blue Grouse Mountain wildfire contained but still under investigation
WEST KELOWNA – The Blue Grouse Mountain wildfire is contained at two hectares as of…
UPDATE: Westside Road wildfire now 2.5 hectares
WEST KELOWNA – Fire crews are battling a grass fire north of West Kelowna along…
FLOOD WATCH 2017: More residences under evacuation alert on Okanagan Lake shore
KELOWNA – An evacuation alert has been issued for five properties in the Central Okanagan.…
Boil Water Notice for two Westside Road water systems
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Roughly 500 properties north of West Kelowna off Westside Road have been…
Water, power outages planned for Westside Road residents next week
WEST KELOWNA – Residents living along Westside Road will be without water and power for…
Dangerous driver tracked from downtown Vernon to Westside Road
VERNON – Members of the public played an instrumental role in catching a dangerous driver…
UPDATE: Bloodied driver drags himself up bank after sliding off Westside Road
WEST KELOWNA – An injured man crawled up a steep bank after losing traction and…
UPDATE: Crash north of Vernon claims life of Kamloops woman
NORTH OKANAGAN – Emergency crews raced to the scene of a serious car crash Tuesday…
Evacuation order and alert lifted in Bear Creek wildfire
WESTSIDE ROAD REOPENS WEST KELOWNA – It’s now safe enough for the people evacuated by…
Okanagan Lake is backdrop for music video
KELOWNA – An Alberta musician used Kelowna and Okanagan Lake as a background for a…
Cause of West Kelowna wildfire still unknown
KELOWNA – West Kelowna Fire Rescue has concluded its investigation into a wildfire last week…
Early morning ice on Westside Road sends driver to hospital
WEST KELOWNA – A Vernon woman is in hospital after losing control of her vehicle…
Reports of dogs chasing bighorn sheep to death in the Okanagan
PET OWNERS REMINDED OF CONSEQUENCES, FINES VERNON – The B.C. Conservation Service is investigating reports…
Car snags power pole guy wires and flips near Vernon
VERNON – A car hit the guy wires on a Hydro pole on the north end of Westside Road near Vernon, flipping the vehicle and knocking out power in the area today. The crash happened just around 10:50 a.m., Oct. 25, on Westside Road about a kilometre south of Highway 97, on Okanagan Indian Band...
RV destroyed by fire in Bear Creek Provincial Park
WEST KELOWNA – Fire crews fought a dramatic blaze in Bear Creek Provincial Park last night as flames from a burning RV spread into the trees. West Kelowna Fire Rescue assistant fire chief Brent Watson says firefighters were called at about 9:45 p.m., Oct. 11, to a RV fire within the southern boundary of the...
Power back on for almost 3,000 in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – An almost two hour power outage in West Kelowna this morning left thousands in the dark. The power went out at around 6:40 a.m. and came back on at about 8:18 a.m., Sept. 20, according to B.C. Hydro. The outage affected 2,827 customers in an area east of Highway 97, north of...
Fatal motorcycle crash on Westside Road
WEST KELOWNA – A 31-year-old West Kelowna man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Westside Road yesterday evening. RCMP say the motorcycle went off the road at about 5:44 p.m., Sept. 5, about 12 kilometres north of Highway 97 in West Kelowna, and south of Bear Creek Provincial Park. Const. Kent Hall says the...