News Items tag as: fire

Crews put out fire at builders supply store
January 11, 2017 - 5:05 PM

KELOWNA - Fire crews responded to a small fire at Ok Builders Supplies Ltd. on McCurdy Road today.
World famous photographer loses Kelowna cabin to fire
January 13, 2015 - 2:03 PM

KELOWNA – A luxury cabin in Ellison that burned to the ground over the weekend belongs to world-renowned photographer and inventor Gary Fong.
Three people, two pets homeless after West Kelowna fire
January 09, 2015 - 9:20 AM

WEST KELOWNA – Three people and two animals are safe despite their home in West Kelowna catching fire late Thursday night.
Cause of motel fire undetermined
January 08, 2015 - 10:36 AM

PENTICTON - The investigation into last week's fire at the Pass Motor Inn in Penticton won't offer the answers interested parties are looking for.
Small furnace fire quickly snuffed
December 30, 2014 - 8:01 AM

KELOWNA — Residents at a home on Cook Road managed to keep a furnace fire at bay with their own fire extinguisher before fire crews arrived to put it out.
WorkSafe BC report shows new dual-investigation tool following mill explosions
December 10, 2014 - 5:00 AM

VICTORIA - Workplace disasters that kill or injure employees in British Columbia are now more likely to result in criminal charges with the introduction of a new investigation model that improves the chances of prosecutions, says a WorkSafeBC administrator.
Fire at Vernon restaurant deemed suspicious
December 09, 2014 - 1:33 PM

VERNON - Police and the Vernon Fire Department are looking into the cause of a suspicious fire at the New Delhi Restaurant in Vernon.
Firefighters called to apartment fire on De Montreuil Crt.
December 08, 2014 - 2:24 PM

KELOWNA - Residents were evacuated when a fire broke out in a second floor apartment at 3175 De Montreuil Crt. in Kelowna Monday afternoon.
Driver snuffs out own car fire outside Vernon gas station
December 05, 2014 - 10:28 AM

VERNON - An out-of-town driver’s quick thinking stopped a vehicle fire from being much worse than it was.
Overnight fire contained to vehicle
December 04, 2014 - 6:09 AM

KELOWNA — Firefighters were able to prevent a car fire from spreading to a home last night.
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OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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