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Fire between Vernon and Salmon Arm doubles in size
A wildfire burning between Vernon and Salmon Arm has doubled in size in the last…
Conflict between locals and wildfire authorities heating up in North Shuswap
A conflict has developed in the North Shuswap between some residents who stayed behind to…
UPDATE: Twin Creek wildfire evacuation orders rescinded
UPDATE – Wildfire activity has prompted more evacuation orders and alerts in the Bonaparte Plateau.…
UPDATE: Evacuation orders near Okanagan Lake Park rescinded
UPDATE: This morning properties on the west side of Highway 97 have been downgraded from…
UPDATE: Some still under evacuation order in the Okanagan
UPDATE: Even with some evacuation orders downgraded to alerts some still cannot return home because…
Evacuation orders near Allie Lake
KAMLOOPS – Wildfire activity continues to burn in the Thompson-Nicola region. Yesterday, May 25, Chair…
Progress on wildfire east of Kelowna means more people allowed back home
KELOWNA – More people evacuated by the Philpott Road wildfire are going home today. The…
Re-entry meeting organised for Loon Lake residents
KAMLOOPS – A re-entry meeting is being arranged for any property owner returning to the…
Wildfire evacuees from Loon Lake can return home
KAMLOOPS – The Elephant Hill wildfire is not an imminent threat so property owners in…
Retired fire chief in small B.C. community defies wildfire evacuation order
70 MILE HOUSE – When retired firefighter Brad Potter decided to stay behind and defy…
Evacuation Order issued for Bonaparte and Criss Creek area
BONAPARTE – An evacuation order has been issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District for Bonaparte…
Aggressive B.C. wildfire activity sparks evacuation order for some Clinton-area homes
KAMLOOPS – A new evacuation order has been issued for a handful of home near…
Flooding still has some waterfront properties in North Okanagan under evacuation order
NORTH OKANAGAN – As wildfires rage across the province, some people in the North Okanagan…
Hotel space a challenge as Okanagan Indian Band works to house evacuees
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band is providing emergency support, including food, lodging and other…
Lumby residents remain on evacuation order due to flood risk
LUMBY – An evacuation order remains in effect for two dozen homes in Lumby, and…
Evacuation order issued for Shuswap community
SALMON ARM – Residents in ten properties in the Silver Creek area were given an…
UPDATE: Cache Creek under state of local emergency; more homes evacuated
CACHE CREEK - Following flash flooding that shut down the highway and destroyed many properties Saturday Cache Creek has been placed under a state of local emergency and several homes evacuated. Mayor John Ranta made the decision Sunday afternoon. In total the heavy rainfall, which lasted for about two hours mid-afternoon on Saturday, May 23,...