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Oliver Jul 3, 2023 / 3:27 pm
Canada Day celebrations kicked off in Oliver's Community Park with a family oriented community breakfast, and the day ended with live music. In...
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...
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. ...
Oliver Apr 2, 2019 / 10:16 am
The Oliver Fire Department responded to an apparently abandoned truck on fire early Tuesday morning. The blaze took place on Osoyoos Indian Band Land...
Oliver Jan 31, 2019 / 10:04 am
RCMP may get involved after a mysterious car fire at the Osoyoos Indian Band community hall around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The owner of the vehicle was...
Oliver Dec 21, 2018 / 12:37 pm
The Oliver Fire Department was called to a structure fire early Friday morning in the 5600 block of Sawmill Road. At 1:50 a.m., crews arrived to find...
Oliver Oct 20, 2018 / 5:25 pm
Fire crews in Oliver responded to a home burning on an acreage just east of town on Saturday morning. The Oliver Fire Department was called to the...
Oliver Jun 13, 2018 / 11:45 am
A fire completely destroyed an RV parked on private property just off Highway 97 in Oliver Tuesday evening. The Oliver Fire Department was called to...
Oliver Oct 10, 2018 / 12:45 pm
Fire crews in Oliver doused a fire in an abandoned car early Wednesday morning, which they are treating as suspicious. Oliver Fire Department...
Oliver Apr 10, 2018 / 12:24 pm
UPDATE: 12:20 p.m. RCMP are looking for the owner of the Oliver trailer that burned down Monday night. The mobile home, located on Ryegrass Road just...
Oliver Mar 24, 2018 / 2:31 pm
A travel trailer was destroyed by fire at a camp on the Osoyoos Indian Band early Saturday morning. Fire crews attended the blaze at about 5:30 a.m.,...
Oliver Nov 27, 2017 / 5:44 pm
The Oliver Fire Department was called to a fully engulfed trailer fire Monday afternoon. Crews arrived at about 2:50 p.m., near Road 4 and Snowbrush...
Oliver Mar 21, 2018 / 3:39 pm
The Oliver Fire Department is in process of mopping up a grass fire sparked by an out-of-control open burn. Department spokesman Rob Graham says this...
Oliver Oct 8, 2017 / 8:27 am
UPDATE: 8:25 a.m. The Oliver fire department will be investigating the cause of a fire that broke out in a building behind a house on the 5800 block...
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