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Resounding silence from Lake Okanagan Resort after destructive wildfire
It has been more than a month since the McDougall Creek Wildfire destroyed most of…
343 homes destroyed during B.C.’s unprecedented wildfire season
In the last summer, 343 homes were lost to wildfires across the province, says the parliamentary…
90% of Lytton destroyed by fire, injuries reported
The Village of Lytton was almost completely destroyed by fire and injuries have been reported,…
Vernon boat blaze one of many suspicious fires
VERNON – As police continue to investigate a rash of unsolved arsons from last summer,…
Destructive Vernon fire deemed suspicious
VERNON - Police are appealing to the public for tips as they investigate a recent fire. The Oct. 14 blaze destroyed three vehicles at a property on Davidson Road. Police and the Vernon Fire Department were called to extinguish the fire just after 4 a.m. Among the wreckage was a commercial truck and two personal...
Cougar shot near elementary school
LUMBY - A cougar was put down by the Conservation Service Monday morning in Lumby after it attacked livestock. Conservation officers trapped and shot the large, roughly five-year-old, 170 pound male cougar, after it killed a resident’s sheep and alpaca in the Schwartz Road area behind J.W. Inglis Elementary. Conservation officer Ken Owens says the...
Lost, confiscated and forgotten at the Kelowna airport
KELOWNA - Wallets, passports and designer bags—among hundreds of other lost items—are collected, meticulously logged and stored by the Kelowna International Airport each month. Only some find their way back home. Reuniting items with their owners is always the goal, says airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes, it’s just not always the reality. Some items are given...