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Update: 1:47 p.m. West Kelowna Fire Rescue continue to extinguish hot spots at Northside Industries as the fire smoulders in areas that are not easily accessible. An excavator is on scene to assist with demolition of a portion of the building that was damaged. There were no injuries, howev...
Fires the magnitude of the McDougall Creek fire sometimes end up being referred to as "zombie fires" — a fire that overwinters deep in the ground and pops back up in the spring. Among the areas hardest hit by the McDougall Creek wildfire was Traders Cove near West Kel...
More than 50 structures have been fully or partially destroyed by an aggressive wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., according to the Okanagan city's fire chief. Jason Brolund told a news conference Monday morning that crews are trying to systematically...
After 37 days, the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna is now being held. (BC Wildfire Service) UPDATE 5 p.m. Only one property in the vicinity of the McDougall Creek fire remains on evacuation order, everyone else has been given the OK to head home. ...
Downtown Kelowna waterfront, looking north toward the White Rock Lake fire on Aug. 15, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Kelowna Capital News) A Vancouver Island woman is frustrated and disappointed after a property management company refused to refund more than $3,000 in accommodation fees. ...
Downtown Kelowna waterfront, looking north toward the White Rock Lake fire on Aug. 15, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Kelowna Capital News) A Vancouver Island woman is frustrated and disappointed after a property management company refused to refund more than $3,000 in accommodation fees. ...
Downtown Kelowna waterfront, looking north toward the White Rock Lake fire on Aug. 15, 2021. (Michael Rodriguez/Kelowna Capital News) A Vancouver Island woman is frustrated and disappointed after a property management company refused to refund more than $3,000 in accommodation fees. ...
READ MORE:‘Incremental improvements’ on McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna Ma said because of the travel order, thousands of hotel rooms were made available for evacuees and fire crews who required housing. She expressed her “deepest gratitude” to those everyone who cancelled their trave...
READ MORE:Cities on fire: 24 hours in Central Okanagan’s state of emergency There are 84 properties in West Kelowna and the Westbank First Nation that suffered damage as a result of the wildfire. An additional 90 properties in the Central Okanagan’s West electoral area were also damaged. ...