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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 >

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 >

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 >

North Shuswap to receive supplies, collaboration with wildfire crews still a goal

‘We’re still here to work with BCWS and CSRD – the goal is to put out the damned fire’

Aug 24, 2023 2:00 PM Read more >

Feelings of elation as Walroy Lake wildfire held, Kelowna evacuees to return home

Residents can visit cordemergency.ca for the latest updates to evacuation orders

Aug 24, 2023 12:45 PM Read more >

UPDATE: Wildfire near Armstrong under control

BC Wildfire made ‘significant progress’ on Baker Forest Service fire on Thursday

Aug 24, 2023 12:00 PM Read more >

Daytime flights return to Kelowna airport amid wildfire

Airspace restrictions have been in place since Aug. 18

Aug 24, 2023 11:00 AM Read more >

India’s lunar rover comes down a ramp to the moon’s surface and takes a walk

Chandrayan-3 Rover poised to do 2 weeks of research on the moon’s southern polar region

Aug 24, 2023 10:30 AM Read more >