News Items tag as: Central Okanagan Emergency Services

Wildfire evacuees also now welcome in Kelowna
July 12, 2017 - 5:05 PM

Wildfire evacuees from across the province should continue to make their way to Kamloops Emergency Social Services reception centre or as directed, but evacuees already in the Okanagan can take advantage of a new reception centre in Kelowna.
All those sandbags are considered contaminated materials
June 13, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - Local authorities admit they have no plans for what to do with more than a million sandbags once flooding subsides in the Central Okanagan but the Ministry of Transportation is already warning it’s not as simple as you think.
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Wildfire evacuees also now welcome in Kelowna