News Items tag as: BX Swan Lake Fire Department

BX-Swan Lake Fire Rescue issues appeal after multiple early grass fires
March 23, 2021 - 5:30 PM

A call for safe open burning is out from BX-Swan Lake Fire Rescue after it responded to multiple grass fires in the last week.
'There is nothing available': Vernon residents struggle to find housing after devastating fire
January 13, 2017 - 10:30 AM

VERNON - Finding a new place to live is proving difficult for three people forced out of their home yesterday by a chimney fire.
Vernon residents displaced by house fire
January 12, 2017 - 10:32 AM

VERNON - A North Okanagan home was destroyed by fire this morning leaving residents scrambling to find a place to live.
Coincidence in Vernon proof that fire extinguishers make great, unconventional Christmas gifts
January 04, 2017 - 3:01 PM

VERNON - It’s an unusual Christmas gift that you hope you won’t have to use, but in Vernon, it saved the day twice in one week.
Man and kids escape fire in Vernon garage
June 22, 2015 - 8:14 AM

VERNON - A blaze that lit up the night sky over Swan Lake in Vernon Sunday night destroyed a garage and threatened a home on Old Kamloops Road.
Police appeal for tips after fire engulfs Vernon house
March 10, 2015 - 8:50 AM

VERNON - Mounties are appealing to the public for information after a Vernon house caught fire Monday night.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

BX-Swan Lake Fire Rescue issues appeal after multiple early grass fires