emergency services
People power key to fixing struggling emergency support system in BC
There's no question the supports for the 11,000 evacuees from the McDougall Creek wildfire this…
This small Interior community’s emergency department has temporarily closed
The community of Ashcroft is without its emergency department this weekend due to staffing challenges.…
Fire chief no longer employed at North Westside Fire Rescue
The North Westside Fire Rescue’s newest fire chief lasted less than a year. “By mutual…
Evacuees from Merritt feeling the strain on emergency management system in Kamloops
Jude Norberg and her husband are two of many Merritt residents who had their lives…
5 hour search to find driver down embankment on rural road: Central Okanagan Search and Rescue
A woman was treated for minor injuries after veering off the edge of Bear Creek…
West Kelowna mobile home residents taken to hospital after fire
Two residents of a West Kelowna mobile home were taken to the hospital last night…
Okanagan firefighting communities struggling to find paid on-call recruits
At one time, Peachland’s Fire Department had a waitlist for on-call firefighters but over the…
Vernon SAR rescue hiker stung by unknown insect
A hiker had to be airlifted off a mountain near Vernon on Wednesday, July 29,…
Fire destroys well known property at Big White
A late night inferno destroyed a well known Big White area building Friday night. An…
Fatal collision between a motorcycle and car under investigation
OSOYOOS – Early this morning, emergency crews responded to a fatal collision between a motorcycle…
Another reason traffic cops set up traps along roadways
KELOWNA - With 50 violation tickets handed out for traffic violations last weekend, the Central Okanagan Traffic Services has a message for drivers. Slow down and move over when emergency services are trying to do their job. Central Okanagan and Kelowna Municipal Traffic Services set up an enforcement operation on Highway 97 near Old Vernon...
RCMP: Pressure for emergency services reaches unprecedented level over long weekend
PENTICTON - RCMP said the pressure Boonstock put on emergency services over the long weekend was taken to unprecedented levels. In a statement released Wednesday, Const. Kris Clark said the large number of overdoses and the death of a 24-year-old Alberta woman caused “alarm for the overwhelmed emergency and security operations”. RCMP provided additional resources...
Son fundraises for parents who lost home in fire
PENTICTON - The children of Penticton house fire victims are fundraising money to help get their parents back on their feet. Last Thursday, the house at 313 Norton Street went up in flames, taking down the roof and leaving much of the building destroyed. The couple living in the home were renters, and have been...
House fire takes down roof, everyone safe
PENTICTON - The roof of a Penticton home came crashing down in flames last night after flames originated in the home’s kitchen. Penticton Fire Department was called at 8:40 p.m. Thursday night to attend a possible kitchen fire at 313 Norton Street. Two engines and six fire fighters attended the scene, and two additional alarms...
Hospital expansion plans become a reality
PENTICTON - The dream of an expansion to the Penticton Regional Hospital is becoming a reality with city planners introducing the groundwork and initial planning stages to council Monday. Tentative structure plans (requested by Interior Health to kickstart the budget process), were shown to council for the first time during the City Council meeting, Oct....