Kathy Michaels
Half-price adoptions at BC SPCA to create space for animals displaced by wildfires
With wildfires threatening communities across the province, the BC SPCA is holding a half-price adoption…
Quebec woman found safe, RCMP say
Penticton RCMP said a woman who was missing overnight has been found, safe but dehydrated. …
BCSPCA offers up ways to help wildlife during a wildfire
Like humans, the BC SPCA says animals struggle to cope when wildfires rage and their…
UPDATE: Brenda Creek wildfire ‘less vigorous’ overnight, mapped at 480 hectares
BC Wildfire is planning for a small ignition of around 30 hectares later today at…
Smoke to drift into Southern Interior, says Environment Canada
Much of the Southern Interior may see smoke in the next couple of days. The …
Woman taken into custody after heated incident at Kamloops motel
Mounties deployed gas to remove a woman from a Kamloops motel after a potentially violent…
UPDATE: Fire near Okanagan Falls now mapped at 500 hectares
The Thomas Creek wildfire near Okanagan Falls has grown to 500 hectares and evacuation orders…
Embleton Mountain fire grows to 250 hectares
Fanned by heavy winds, the Embleton Mountain fire burning west of Sun Peaks grew to…
Another heat wave headed for parts of the Southern Interior
Are you ready for another heat wave? Environment Canada said that more unseasonably high temperatures…
UPDATE: Fire fight near Vernon hampered by boaters ‘interfering with firefighting aircraft’
The effort to put out the Becker Lake fire near Vernon is once again being…
West Kelowna neighbours avert potential disaster with quick response
The quick actions of residents in a West Kelowna neighbourhood may have averted disaster. “We…
Smoke to drift into North Okanagan, Shuswap
More smoke is expected to sink into parts of the Southern Interior with fires burning…
Sparks Lake fire now mapped at 40,267 hectares
The Sparks Lake fire is now mapped at 40,267 hectares or 402.67 square kilometres. In…
Gay, bi, trans, two-spirit, queer men, and gender diverse sexual health in focus
Improving the sexual health and wellbeing for communities of gay, bi, trans, two-spirit, queer men,…
Fire behind West Kelowna church considered suspicious
A fire that started Friday night behind the Grace Baptist Church in the West Kelowna…