News Items tag as: McDougall Creek Wildfire

Kelowna realtor charged with flying drone in active fire zone
January 22, 2025 - 7:00 AM

A Kelowna realtor has been charged for flying a drone in an active fire zone during the McDougall Creek Wildfire in 2023.
Church camp on Okanagan Lake hoping to reopen this summer but needs archaeological assessment
March 20, 2024 - 12:48 PM

Camp OAC has been ordered to conduct an archaeological assessment of its site on Okanagan Lake before it can put up buildings.
Rebuilding from Okanagan wildfires bogged down by insensitive insurance companies
March 11, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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It’s been seven months since wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes in the Okanagan and Shuswap yet rebuilds are just now starting to get underway.
Will it ever be safe to go home after Okanagan and Shuswap wildfires?
January 02, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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Hundreds of homes were destroyed by the McDougall Creek wildfire in and around West Kelowna and the Bush Creek East Wildfire in the Shuswap last summer. But hundreds more homes were damaged, even if just by smoke drifting in through open windows.
Image of raging West Kelowna wildfire makes Time magazine's top 100 photos of 2023
December 06, 2023 - 10:31 AM

A photojournalist's image of the raging McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna this summer is featured in Time magazine's list of the top 100 photos of 2023.
Despite West Kelowna councillor's best effort, no public hearing on McDougall Creek wildfire
November 28, 2023 - 7:30 AM

With memories of last summer’s McDougall Creek wildfire in and around West Kelowna quickly fading, so too is the chance for a public airing of experiences and an opportunity to improve.
Central Okanagan mayors not happy with exclusion from premier's expert task force
October 25, 2023 - 7:29 AM

While being too polite to openly complain about not being part of the Premier’s Expert Task Force on Emergencies, Central Okanagan politicians are demanding to have their say about devastating wildfires in the region last summer.
Central Okanagan board chair never even heard of regional emergency alert systems
October 24, 2023 - 7:00 AM

The Okanagan Similkameen has used a regional emergency alert system since 2018.
McDougall Creek Wildfire: Public role in postmortem not likely
October 20, 2023 - 7:00 PM

West Kelowna Councillor Rick de Jong wants a quick “independent public hearing” on how emergency services responded to the McDougall Creek Wildfire that forced the evacuation of 26,000 residents in a 48-hour period in and around West Kelowna this past August.
Ministry investigating complaints about hundreds of trees felled after West Kelowna wildfire
October 20, 2023 - 12:00 PM

A complaint has been filed with BC Ministry Natural Resource Officers after a large number of trees were chopped down along Bear Creek Road in the West Kelowna area.
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Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
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West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

News Items tag as: McDougall Creek Wildfire

Kelowna realtor charged with flying drone in active fire zone

Church camp on Okanagan Lake hoping to reopen this summer but needs archaeological assessment

Rebuilding from Okanagan wildfires bogged down by insensitive insurance companies

Will it ever be safe to go home after Okanagan and Shuswap wildfires?

Image of raging West Kelowna wildfire makes Time magazine's top 100 photos of 2023

Despite West Kelowna councillor's best effort, no public hearing on McDougall Creek wildfire

Central Okanagan mayors not happy with exclusion from premier's expert task force

Central Okanagan board chair never even heard of regional emergency alert systems

McDougall Creek Wildfire: Public role in postmortem not likely

Ministry investigating complaints about hundreds of trees felled after West Kelowna wildfire

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