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News Items tag as: B.C. Wildfires
Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre is looking for residents’ feedback
May 11, 2024 - 3:30 PM
Central Okanagan residents have more time to give their input on emergency preparedness.
Fire danger level raised to high in all Central Okanagan regional parks
May 10, 2024 - 7:00 PM
The fire danger in the Central Okanagan has been bumped to high in all regional district parks ahead of what's expected to be sunny and hot weekend in the southern Interior.
Prime Minister Trudeau in West Kelowna announces funding for wildfire preparedness
May 10, 2024 - 12:51 PM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said more money is coming for volunteer firefighters and wildfire preparedness at a press conference in West Kelowna today.
Air quality is terrible but Kamloops and the Okanagan have had worse
September 15, 2020 - 5:30 PM
While eyes may be stinging and throats are scratchy, this year’s air quality has not hit the levels seen in the peak forest fire years of 2017 and 2018.
VIDEO: Young Kelowna filmmakers bring us to the frontlines of B.C. wildfires in new minidoc
September 06, 2018 - 3:00 PM
KELOWNA - Three filmmakers had some burning questions about the men and women working on the frontlines of the fire suppression efforts in B.C.
Last summer’s campfire ban, state of emergency didn’t stop people from playing with fire
August 03, 2018 - 7:00 AM
Dropping a burning substance, failing to report a fire or having an illegal campfire resulted in more than $100,000 in fines during last summer’s unprecedented wildfire season.
Wildfire preparation foremost on the minds of prospective Oliver residents
March 28, 2018 - 9:00 PM
OLIVER - Soon-to-be residents of the South Okanagan — who experienced the wrath of a wildfire first hand — will be taking the lessons learned with them when as they relocate to the valley later this year.
iN PHOTOS: Crews continue to battle Peachland wildfire
September 03, 2017 - 10:49 AM
PEACHLAND - The wildfire that started near Peachland attracted the attention of locals and tourists.
No significant change in wildfire east of Kelowna thanks to good weather conditions
August 26, 2017 - 4:30 PM
KELOWNA - The Philpott Road wildfire continues to burn in the Joe Rich area, however, favourable weather conditions have caused no significant changes to the fire overnight.
Re-entry meeting organised for Loon Lake residents
August 19, 2017 - 4:50 PM
KAMLOOPS - A re-entry meeting is being arranged for any property owner returning to the Loon Lake area.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at
$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC
Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M
Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro
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Kelowna council approves extra $1.3M for Prospera Place upgrades
The cost overruns for the upgrades at Prospera Place in Kelowna are going to tack on another $1.3 million to the pro
March 31, 2025 4:46 PM
White House says 'no exemptions' as Canada braces for new wave of U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday provided few details of his plan this week to upend global trade thr
March 31, 2025 4:19 PM
B.C. hunts for wasteful spending in review of health authorities, starting with PHSA
British Columbia is reviewing health authority spending to ensure resources go to "critical patient services" and to mi
March 31, 2025 3:36 PM
B.C. NDP fast-tracking end of consumer carbon tax, Eby says gas to drop 17 cents
British Columbia's government is fast-tracking the end of its consumer carbon tax ahead of the lifting of the federal e
March 31, 2025 3:36 PM
Kelowna man charged with 21 counts of theft from one business
A Kelowna man stole repeatedly from the same business and eventually those theft caught up with him. Ryan Eise
March 31, 2025 3:33 PM
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