Tag Archives: Okanagan

On Saturday morning, Central Okanagan Search and Rescue, the Kelowna Fire Department, RCMP, and BCAS teamed up to rescue a hiker that had fallen from a cliff above the Gillard Forest Service Road. The...

UPDATE Sept. 6 The Hedges Butte wildfire southwest of Penticton is now mapped at 166 hectares (down from the earlier 236) due to more accurate mapping of the perimeter. The BC Wildfire Service says fi...

Kelowna RCMP Police Dog Services assisted in the arrest of a man who allegedly assaulted another person with a weapon. Mounties received reports of an assault with a weapon inside a residence on Bach ...

All Evacuation Alerts have been lifted for the Mt. Law wildfire in West Kelowna, as the fire is now considered as being held. The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations (COEO) warns that smoke may be v...

A representative of an Okanagan search and rescue group calls it a “slap in the face.” Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) is reporting a break-in to its gear storage trailer Thursd...

This is the final weekend that a portion of Bernard Avenue in Kelowna will be closed to traffic. At the end of business on Monday, which is the Labour Day holiday, the businesses will move their stuff...

RCMP is hoping the public can help solve a report of a stranger sexual assault in West Kelowna. A woman reported to RCMP that she had been walking down Bartley Road in West Kelowna towards Highway 97 ...

The Regional District of Central Okanagan has lifted more evacuation orders for evacuees of the White Rock Lake wildfire. “In consultation with BC Wildfire and Ministry of Transportation and Inf...

The Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) Foundation is asking people to show their support for health care workers and hospital staff. The foundation says people can show their support by displaying a ̵...

The Kelowna Fire Department came to the rescue of an injured hiker this morning. The department got a 911 call around 8 a.m. about a hiker with an ankle injury on Mount Baldy in Kelowna’s Dilwor...