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When children play with fire, the Penticton Fire Department has a response

PENTICTON - A program run by the Penticton Fire Department works to ensure the city’s youth don’t get the wrong idea when it comes to playing with fire. Penticton Fire Department’s Jodi Fotherby says they participate in the Juvenile Firestarter Program. Three members have taken the course through the Fire Commissioner’s office and are certified...

Playing with matches claimed Oliver boy’s life

OLIVER – The death of an 8-year-old Oliver boy in a motorhome fire in August of 2013 was accidental, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. Cody O’Conner died from smoke inhalation and the resulting brain injury, coroner Jed Maddock said in his report. The fire started at the base of a couch behind the driver’s...