News Items tag as: Lake Country Fire Department

Students in Lake Country made it through firefighter bootcamp
March 23, 2024 - 10:30 AM

Some of the next generation of Lake Country firefighters got their first glimpse of life as a first responder this spring break.
Lake Country wildfire may have been human-caused
July 06, 2017 - 2:37 PM

LAKE COUNTRY – Police are looking for witnesses or anyone with information about a wildfire that started in a Lake Country ditch earlier this week.
Pair of fires in Lake Country doused quickly by firefighters
July 03, 2017 - 5:00 PM

OYAMA – A pair of fires last night kept the Lake Country Fire Department and forestry firefighters busy in the Oyama area.
Illegal U-turn in Lake Country could've been fatal for Kelowna man
February 21, 2017 - 3:18 PM

LAKE COUNTRY - The Jaws of Life were used to free a trapped driver after a crash in Lake Country yesterday afternoon.
Kelowna and Lake Country fire crews put out shed fire
May 22, 2016 - 9:25 AM

KELOWNA – Firefighters from Kelowna and Lake Country quickly dealt with a shed fire on Jim Baily Road Saturday morning.
Lake Country house fire sparks arrest
November 02, 2015 - 11:03 AM

LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP have a man in custody following a house fire in Lake Country this morning.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
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Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
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Students in Lake Country made it through firefighter bootcamp