News Items tag as: North Westside Fire Rescue

Fire chief no longer employed at North Westside Fire Rescue
December 11, 2021 - 3:02 PM

The North Westside Fire Rescue’s newest fire chief lasted less than a year.
North Westside Fire Rescue uses community donations for new equipment
November 03, 2016 - 1:00 PM

VERNON - With the purchase of a needed piece of equipment, the North Westside Fire Rescue department is now even more prepared to protect homes from wildfires.
Okanagan firefighters rescue injured bald eagle
July 07, 2016 - 2:04 PM

KELOWNA - Volunteer firefighters with North Westside Fire Rescue rescued a downed bird of prey in the Okanagan last evening.
More ...

iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Fire chief no longer employed at North Westside Fire Rescue