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Oliver Sep 11, 2023 / 3:43 pm
UPDATE: 3:40 P.M. The wildfire that ignited just west of Oliver today on Tower Hill is now characterized as “being held”. BC Wildfire and...
Oliver Jun 7, 2023 / 3:10 pm
A dramatic house fire overnight sent two people to hospital, with a bystander reportedly performing a rescue of someone in the building. The Oliver...
Oliver Sep 12, 2023 / 10:18 am
The grassfire that ignited yesterday on the western edge of Oliver was caused by work that was being done to a power pole at a construction site on...
Oliver Oct 7, 2023 / 5:00 pm
Five local fire departments were honoured last weekend for their community service at Oliver’s Riverside Garden Center in the newly created...
Oliver May 3, 2023 / 6:50 pm
Flames engulfed a trailer just north of Oliver at a property on Highway 97 around 5 p.m. today. RCMP were on scene and the Oliver Fire Department...
Oliver May 9, 2023 / 4:00 am
As part of the Spring Training Seminar hosted by the Oliver Fire Department, firefighter attendees had the opportunity to hone their skills on...
Oliver Jul 4, 2021 / 8:00 pm
UPDATE 7:50 p.m. The Oliver Fire Department, BC Wildfire ground crews, helicopters and air-tankers have worked together to set up a perimeter guard...
Oliver Jul 19, 2021 / 11:12 pm
UPDATE: 11:10 p.m. Another evacuation alert has been issued by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen in Electoral Area C and the Town of...
Oliver Jul 5, 2021 / 12:19 pm
UPDATE: 12:20 p.m. All evacuation alerts on Osoyoos Indian Band land have been rescinded by the Band. UPDATE: 10:50 a.m. Oliver Fire Department...
Oliver Apr 30, 2022 / 10:35 am
UPDATE: 10:35 a.m. The cause of the large building fire in Oliver overnight is being considered “suspicious.” A vacant residential home...
Oliver Dec 16, 2022 / 2:35 pm
One man has died after succumbing to his injuries from a fire that engulfed a large garage in Oliver early Thursday morning. The Oliver Fire...
Oliver Mar 6, 2023 / 8:55 am
The Oliver Fire Department spent an hour and a half knocking down a house fire Sunday evening. On Sunday, March 5, crews responded to reports of...
Oliver Dec 28, 2021 / 2:00 pm
The Oliver Fire Department had to call in an extra truck for help while attending to a vehicle fire on McKinney road on Sunday night. The crew shared...
Oliver/Osoyoos Nov 24, 2020 / 4:18 pm
UPDATE: 4:18 p.m. Crews have cleared out and Highway 97 is fully reopened after the roof of a fruit market was fully engulfed by flames on Tuesday...
Oliver Jul 28, 2022 / 4:00 am
The Oliver Fire Department has been filling in the health care gaps in the community by attending medical first response calls this year due to a...
Oliver May 24, 2022 / 10:46 am
One person is dead after a Saturday afternoon mobile home fire in Oliver. Local fire crews were called to the scene around 4 p.m. and found the...
Oliver May 20, 2022 / 8:31 am
A vacant house went up in flames off Highway 97 in Oliver early Friday morning. The Oliver Fire Department responded to reports of a structure fire...
Oliver Aug 10, 2021 / 2:52 pm
RCMP are searching for the man who allegedly started a brush fire off of Highway 97 by the North Oliver sign on Friday night. The Oliver Fire...
Oliver Jun 3, 2022 / 4:10 pm
Fire crews were called out just before 4 a.m. to a fully-engulfed fire in a pickup truck on Friday morning. Rob Graham from the Oliver Fire Department...
Oliver Feb 25, 2022 / 3:10 pm
The Oliver Fire Department took down a fire in a laundromat Thursday night. Crews responded to smoke in the area in the 6000 block of Station Street...
Oliver Aug 6, 2021 / 9:24 pm
A grassfire that broke out just after 7 p.m. above the north Oliver sign is now contained. According to Oliver Fire Department spokesmen Rob Graham,...
Oliver Oct 13, 2021 / 8:00 pm
The Oliver Fire Department will be seeing a new truck coming their way. The town will be borrowing $400,000 to bring in a new pumper truck on a...
Oliver Oct 12, 2021 / 10:43 am
Oliver Town Council will be discussing final approval for borrowing $400,000 to bring in a new pumper truck for the fire department on Tuesday...
Oliver Jun 8, 2021 / 9:36 am
A heavy structure fire destroyed a home in Oliver on Monday, despite the homeowner and the fire departments' best efforts to try to save it....
Oliver Feb 6, 2021 / 10:48 am
One person was sent to the hospital after a fire engulfed their home and left them with severe burns on Thursday afternoon. The Oliver Fire Department...
Oliver Jan 15, 2021 / 3:37 pm
Oliver fire crews assisted with an unusual rescue Friday morning after a dog and a man became trapped in a wastewater treatment pond at the public...
Oliver Jun 20, 2020 / 2:55 pm
A grass fire in Oliver has been extinguished, after starting at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The fire, off Tucelnuit Dr north of the NkMip Canyon Desert...
Oliver Jun 24, 2020 / 1:55 pm
UPDATE: 1:55 p.m. The Oliver Fire Department has successfully doused a small grass fire north of Oliver Wednesday. Media relations officer Rob...
Oliver Feb 5, 2020 / 3:34 pm
Fire crews were called to the Okanagan Correctional Centre in the early hours of Wednesday morning to deal with flames inside a prison cell. Oliver...
Oliver Nov 30, 2019 / 8:08 pm
The Oliver Fire Department undertook some hands-on training Friday. Crews lit up their mobile home training unit for one last big, intense training...
Oliver Jan 14, 2020 / 4:00 pm
The Oliver Volunteer Fire Department is coming off its busiest year ever. Fire chief Bob Graham was before council Monday for a year-end report,...
Christie Mtn. fire Aug 20, 2020 / 9:36 am
UPDATE: 9:35 a.m. Cooler weather today is expected to help in the fight against the Christie Mountain wildfire burning at the southern edge of...
Oliver Jul 25, 2023 / 1:09 pm
In between blizzards, the Dairy Queen in Oliver faced a different kind of calamity on Monday night when a pickup truck drove over the curb, tore a...
Oliver Sep 25, 2023 / 3:45 pm
Sunday’s Festival of the Grape featured 47 wineries from the South Okanagan, and thousands of attendees looking to celebrate the fall harvest...
Oliver Sep 16, 2023 / 11:00 am
Oliver has hired its first FireSmart coordinator, a position that acts as a liaison between FireSmart BC and the Town of Oliver to bring education and...
Oliver May 18, 2023 / 11:52 am
Firefighters were called at 3:13 a.m. to a travel trailer on fire while parked in the alley of the 600 block of Earle Crescent in Oliver. Three trucks...
Oliver May 9, 2023 / 3:26 pm
A cannabis shop owner in Oliver is pleading for help identifying the arsonists who set fire to his store last week. Security video from The Pot...
Oliver Jun 21, 2023 / 4:02 am
A single vehicle crash on Saturday morning in Oliver saw a 44-year-old driver from Penticton receive $874 in tickets after crashing into a post and...
Oliver Jul 3, 2023 / 11:41 am
Canada Day saw one lucky driver escape with no injuries when his vehicle drifted off the road, downing a utility pole and ending up in the ditch. The...
Oliver May 15, 2023 / 8:00 pm
Oliver RCMP and the local fire department were called on the weekend to respond to a vehicle that had flipped over and crashed into cedar trees on...