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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…