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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 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 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...
Oliver May 8, 2023 / 3:39 pm
More than 400 firefighters, instructors and vendors representing 80 different fire departments from BC, Alberta and Washington State descended on...
Oliver May 3, 2023 / 5:00 pm
Over 350 firefighters from Alberta, Washington state and all across BC will be descending on Oliver this weekend, May 5-7, for top notch training at...
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....
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 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...
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...