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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...
Nk'Mip Creek fire Jul 31, 2021 / 8:55 pm
UPDATED: 8:55 p.m. The Anarchist Mountain Fire Department shared a warning to residents out on evacuation orders on Saturday night. "Strong wind...
Penticton Jul 26, 2013 / 2:00 pm
Firefighters with the Oliver Fire Department battled a grass fire this morning, Friday, on Seacrest Road near Oliver. The call came in around 5:15...
Oliver Jul 8, 2021 / 4:55 pm
UPDATE: 4:55 p.m. Oliver RCMP commander Sgt. Don Wrigglesworth said three people were transported to hospital by BC Ambulance after the helicopter...
Penticton Jul 5, 2010 / 3:26 pm
The Oliver Fire Department has been suspended. The department as a whole will be facing consequences, including suspension, following the theft of...
Oliver Mar 6, 2022 / 9:15 am
The Oliver Fire Department says a building is a total loss after it went up in flames early Sunday. Crews were called to reports of a structure fire...
Oliver Dec 10, 2020 / 1:30 pm
An Oliver independent journalist and former town councillor was given a 90-day roadside prohibition Tuesday after showing up on the scene of another...
Oliver Sep 27, 2021 / 12:50 pm
UPDATE: 12:45 p.m. RCMP say alcohol is suspected to be a factor in a tractor crash that left a man pinned under the vehicle Sunday night in Oliver....
Oliver Feb 23, 2022 / 11:10 pm
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a large home fire Wednesday evening. In a news release on Facebook, the department said they were called to...
Oliver Feb 24, 2022 / 2:54 pm
A cannabis shop owner in Oliver is hoping someone can identify the arsonist who set fire to his store early Tuesday morning. The Oliver Fire...
Oliver Apr 20, 2022 / 4:00 am
An Oliver resident is renewing his call for CCTV cameras to be placed around the town, following a recent string of arson attacks and property theft....
Oliver Aug 1, 2021 / 12:00 pm
“Behind the Wine” is a new summer series taking you behind the scenes of the South Okanagan’s iconic wine industry. Watch for it on...
Oliver Jun 1, 2022 / 1:13 pm
UPDATE: 1:10 p.m. The crash has been cleared and traffic is moving in both directions. ORIGINAL: 12:20 p.m. Highway 97 is closed in both directions...
Nk'Mip Wildfire Jul 20, 2021 / 8:02 pm
UPDATE: 8:02 p.m. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation order and an evacuation alert for several properties...
Oliver Jan 11, 2022 / 2:00 pm
The Oliver Fire Department saw an exceptionally busy year in 2021, responding to 303 calls, almost 100 more than the 208 calls they got in 2020. In a...
Oliver May 7, 2021 / 9:45 am
An old fruit stand on Highway 97 in Oliver went up in flames around midnight Friday morning, causing a brief power outage in the area. The Oliver Fire...
Oliver Jun 9, 2021 / 12:20 pm
At 4:15 a.m. on May 15, Chris Pasin woke up to the phone call no business owner wants to get from his security company. "They told me that there...
Osoyoos Apr 29, 2020 / 10:39 am
Good news for fire services in Osoyoos this week — the fire department was successful in getting a grant for $25,000 and partnered with WASP...
Oliver/Osoyoos Jul 16, 2018 / 5:40 pm
UPDATE 5:40 p.m. Vineyard workers north of Osoyoos assisted the Oliver fire department in knocking down a large brush fire on the Black Sage Bench....
Oliver Dec 23, 2020 / 7:00 pm
Christmas is looking brighter for more than 120 children in Oliver thanks to the generosity of the community. On Saturday, volunteers delivered Share...
Oliver Jun 16, 2020 / 10:24 am
UPDATE: 10:25 a.m. Two residents of an Oliver mobile home escaped a fire Tuesday morning and were treated by paramedics, but unfortunately their dog...
Oliver May 25, 2019 / 4:21 pm
An "extremely hot" fire at a packinghouse in Oliver took all night to control and completely douse after starting early Friday morning. At...
Oliver Jul 16, 2019 / 2:51 pm
Oliver fire crews responded to a brush fire on Black Sage Road Tuesday afternoon. Trees caught fire, and ambulance and RCMP were at the scene,...
Oliver Aug 4, 2018 / 9:02 pm
UPDATE: 9:00 p.m. The Oliver Fire Department says a fire that began early Saturday evening has been contained. The department posted to Facebook...
Oliver Jun 5, 2019 / 12:32 pm
A suspicious fire took place at an abandoned home in Oliver Tuesday night. At approximately 10:45 p.m., Oliver Fire Department crews responded to...
Oliver Jun 18, 2018 / 8:10 pm
UPDATE: 8:10 p.m. Fire crews are now in the mop-up stages of what was a six hectare fire just off McKinley Road on the Osoyoos Indian Band. The fire...
Oliver Mar 22, 2019 / 7:37 pm
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m. Oliver Fire Department says the Friday afternoon grass fire was caused by embers from a nearby burn pile that spread into an oxbow. ...