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Heat returning to Okanagan, Kamloops this weekend
After some cooler temperatures, get ready for the heat to return by the weekend in…
Businesses, community groups offering places for B.C. Interior wildfire evacuees to stay
With an unprecedented number of wildfires in the region, hotels and motels are filling up,…
Suspected West Kelowna wildfire arsonist has been charged
Kelowna RCMP have charged and arrested the man suspected of trying to start a wildfire…
Drought forces B.C. to ask Kamloops, Okanagan residents to reduce water use by 30%
Residents in the Thompson-Okanagan are being asked by the province to reduce their water consumption…
UPDATE: Large sprinklers protecting West Kelowna’s only source of power from Brenda Creek wildfire
A wildfire threatening a transmission line that is the main source of power for roughly…
West Kelowna still getting full protection while city firefighters battling flames elsewhere
West Kelowna is keeping all its fire halls staffed while off-duty firefighters are 40 km…
Crews work to protect hydro transmission line threatened by wildfire near Peachland
Anticipated winds didn’t create as much activity within the Brenda Creek wildfire as expected, officials…
Truck theft suspect in custody after crashing into Kelowna cop car
A 27-year-old man is facing a variety of charges after he was nabbed in an…
Deliberately set grassfire in Kelowna has police looking for witnesses
RCMP say a grassfire in Kelowna last night appears to have been deliberately set. The…
This company wants to make it rain on B.C. wildfires
There are many tools used by B.C. Wildfire in battling hundreds of forest fires in…
Quick action keeps grass fire away from West Kelowna road and boats
Workers at Shelter Bay Marina in West Kelowna kept a grass fire from spreading until…
Brenda Creek wildfire expected to grow; crews dousing hotspots near power line
The 450-hectare wildfire burning northwest of Peachland, near Highway 97 C, continues to get regionwide…
All clear given for all but one evacuated building near deadly Kelowna crane collapse
People can now return to all but one building in downtown Kelowna following last week's…
Teenaged girl killed in Kelowna collision
A 15-year-old girl was killed and another 13-year-old girl injured after a car and motorcycle…
Investigation into Arlene Westervelt’s death remains open
It’s been a year since the Crown stayed proceedings in the trial of a Lake…
Hot dry weather to linger for weeks in Kamloops, Okanagan
It could be well into the fall before there’s any appreciable change to the hot…
Smoke from B.C. wildfires swirling in and out of Thompson-Okanagan communities
Smoke is going to be a fact of life in the Thompson and Okanagan regions…
Brenda Creek wildfire showing more aggressive behaviour after calm weekend
Activity around the Brenda Creek fire has started to pick up again today, prompting BC…
Alleged car thieves hit Kelowna police cruisers to escape
Kelowna Mounties managed to get the better of a pair of alleged car thieves who…
Canadian country music star offers tribute to relative killed in Kelowna crane collapse
Canadian country music singer Aaron Pritchett wrote a touching tribute to one of the victims…
Kelowna teen’s killer serves one day in custody
The teen who fatally stabbed Elijah Beauregard in a Kelowna alley two years ago served…
More than $500K raised for families of men killed in Kelowna crane collapse
Over half a million dollars has been donated so far for the families of the…
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…
The political links between racism and COVID-19 vaccination protests
When a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist protester began hurling racist remarks at a Sikh security guard…