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Authorities turn to Facebook to connect B.C. wildfire evacuees with volunteers
Donations and offers to volunteer are coming in faster than emergency operations staff can keep…
UPDATE: Likely months before Vernon residents can return to fire-damaged apartment
VERNON – A fire forced the residents of a Vernon apartment building out of their…
A bozo’s guide to wildfire season in the Southern Interior
While thousands of hectares of our province go up in flames, some people clearly aren’t…
Petition to ‘make Polson Park safe again’ not getting support from elected officials
VERNON – A petition calling on the government to “make Polson Park safe again” is…
Officials urge cash donations, not items for B.C. wildfire evacuees
With about 14,000 evacuees forced out of homes because of wildfire danger in the province,…
Lingering wildfires blow poor air quality across Southern Interior
Health authorities are warning anyone with breathing difficulties to stay inside following a smoky skies…
One person injured in Coldstream ATV rollover
COLDSTREAM – An ATV rollover in Coldstream yesterday afternoon sent one person to hospital. Vernon…
Sunshine and heat for the Okanagan this week
KELOWNA – With tinder dry conditions throughout the region, it doesn’t look like there will be…
30 wildfires active in Kamloops Fire Centre and thousands of hectares burned after ‘unprecedented’ weekend fires
KAMLOOPS – Roughly 30 fires continue to burn in the Kamloops Fire Centre, with thousands…
Flood protection in the Okanagan beginning to be removed
KELOWNA – Over the weekend some sand bags have disappeared from the shores of Okanagan…
Making sense of beach water testing
VERNON – If you go down to Sandy Beach on Okanagan Lake, you’ll find signs…
Air quality advisory issued by Environment Canada for Thompson, Okanagan regions due to wildfire smoke
Environment Canada has issued an air quality advisory for south central B.C. as wildfires burn…
Okanagan and Thompson rivers proving deadlier than lakes this year
This year, the Thompson-Okanagan has experienced a fairly unusual trend of more people drowning in…
Who stopped the rain? Southern Interior goes from flood to near drought in a month
After one of the wettest springs on record, Kamloops and Kelowna are in one of…
Hundred year old high temperature records fall in the Southern Interior
Temperature records melted away in all the major cities in the Thompson-Okanagan region yesterday. Environment…