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Reinforcements to arrive, Highway 1 to re-open as Shuswap wildfire continues to rage

All evacuation orders and alerts remain the same

Aug 25, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

More Lake Country residents heading home as Clarke Creek wildfire is held

The fire reached 370 hectares in size

Aug 25, 2023 6:45 AM Read more >

Kelowna residents return home as Walroy Lake wildfire held

The size of the fire downgraded from 794 hectares to 733

Aug 25, 2023 5:59 AM Read more >

More West Kelowna residents can return home amid wildfire

On Thursday, wildfires crews executed a 20-hectare planned ignition

Aug 25, 2023 5:15 AM Read more >

B.C. WILDFIRES: Travel restrictions to West Kelowna to be lifted at midnight

The provincial government said it secured extra accomodations just in case

Aug 24, 2023 7:10 PM Read more >

UPDATE: More evacuation orders downgraded in West Kelowna, Westbank

A planned ignition took place in the Shannon Lake area on Thursday, Aug. 24

Aug 24, 2023 7:00 PM Read more >

UPDATE: Child airlifted after being struck by two vehicles in Nanaimo

10-year-old cyclist suffered serious injuries in incident in Harewood on Aug. 24

Aug 24, 2023 6:25 PM Read more >

Transportation Safety Board warns unnoticed locomotive fires pose wildfire risk

Board says freight locomotives aren’t equipped with real-time sensors to detect fires

Aug 24, 2023 3:30 PM Read more >

Canada wants big tech to step up on data scraping protection

Prevent illegal mass data extraction, privacy authorities tell social media firms

Aug 24, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

More than 1,000 wildfire evacuees in Vernon

Most from West Kelowna, Westbank First Nation, Westside Road, Kelowna and Lake Country, some from Shuswap area

Aug 24, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >