News Items tag as: Peachland news

Central Okanagan residents need to clean up their recycling act
September 18, 2018 - 3:30 PM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - If Central Okanagan residents don’t stop contaminating their blue recycling bins, they could be fined instead of having their bin left un-emptied with a red tag on it.
CORRECTION: Household recycling costs not on the rise in Central Okanagan
September 13, 2018 - 3:04 PM

EDITOR'S NOTE: Our story yesterday incorrectly reported that the cost of recycling is going up in the Central Okanagan in 2019.
You wouldn't dump paint into Okanagan Lake — pouring it down drain almost same thing
September 12, 2018 - 1:45 PM

WEST KELOWNA - You wouldn’t dump paint, cooking oil or old pills into Okanagan Lake but did you know dumping it down the drain or flushing it down the toilet can have the same effect.
Okanagan weather phenomenon not helping wildfire fight
July 20, 2018 - 3:05 PM

PENTICTON - Erratic fire behaviour caused by capricious winds are hampering efforts to fight the Mount Eneas wildfire burning south of Peachland.
Good Creek fire in Okanagan Mountain Park still headed toward Kelowna
July 20, 2018 - 12:43 PM

KELOWNA - Overnight winds consistently near 20 km/h and gusting to 40 km/h from the south have increased the size of the Good Creek wildfire but we don't know how big yet.
UPDATE: More evacuation alerts near Summerland for Mount Eneas wildfire
July 20, 2018 - 5:39 PM

UPDATE: Another 49 properties were put on evacuation alert today by the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen.
Highway 97 reopens between Summerland and Peachland
July 20, 2018 - 9:09 AM

PEACHLAND - Highway 97 has reopened between Summerland and Peachland this morning.
Eneas Mountain fire grows to 1,000 ha; new evacuation alerts
July 19, 2018 - 9:10 PM

PENTICTON - The Eneas Mountain wildfire, which has grown to 1,000 hectares today, continues to threaten homes.
UPDATE: Highway 97 south of Peachland reopens temporarily
July 18, 2018 - 5:47 PM

PEACHLAND - RCMP have temporarily reopened Highway 97 near Peachland after it was closed in both directions earlier this afternoon due to a nearby wildfire.
Emergency operations warns of flood threat on Okanagan Lake from high winds in Central Okanagan
June 01, 2018 - 1:07 PM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - High winds forecast for this weekend could cause foreshore flooding in the Central Okanagan.
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JONESIE: The real battles being waged in the Kelowna mayoral campaign
OPINION Kelowna residents have a choice for mayor but I think there's something else going on from the two main campaigns. Revenge, perhaps. When Colin Basran was first elected as councillor, he was su