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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...
Oliver Dec 18, 2017 / 11:14 am
The Oliver Fire Department was called to suspicious truck fire early Monday morning. Fire crews were called to the 7200 block of Highway 97 shortly...
Oliver Aug 14, 2015 / 10:17 pm
The night sky between Oliver and Osoyoos is aglow tonight as two uncontained wildfires burn on the west side of Highway 97. Evacuation orders and...
Oliver Nov 19, 2017 / 8:50 am
Members of the Oliver fire department attended a suspicious car fire on Sunday morning at a property on Main Street, near Skagit Avenue. Firefighters...
Oliver May 3, 2023 / 4:23 pm
An Oliver man accused of breaking into a local pharmacy and lighting it on fire maintains he is not guilty, entering his plea ahead of trial...
Nk'Mip Creek WIldfire Jul 28, 2021 / 10:57 am
The Nk’Mip Creek Wildfire burning near Oliver and Osoyoos has continued to grow, but BC Wildfire Service Crews are having a tough time mapping...
Oliver Aug 17, 2017 / 6:33 pm
The Oliver Fire Department made quick work of a grass fire on the Osoyoos Indian Band Reserve on Nk’Mip Road Thursday afternoon. Damage was...
Oliver Jul 18, 2017 / 9:55 am
Fire investigators in Oliver are looking into a suspicious fire lit overnight Monday. The Oliver Fire Department was called to Road 5 at Sumac Street...
Oliver May 26, 2017 / 10:16 am
Oliver firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from an old barn early Friday morning. The call came in about 5 a.m., smoke coming from the...
West Kelowna May 21, 2021 / 1:15 pm
West Kelowna's fire chief doesn't always concern himself with the fire danger rating this early in the season. This isn't one of those...
Oliver Nov 16, 2016 / 1:20 pm
UPDATE: 1:15 p.m. The RCMP has confirmed that a man did die in the motorhome fire on Tuesday evening. According to the RCMP, at about 5:30 p.m., the...
Oliver Aug 17, 2015 / 8:26 pm
UPDATE 8:20 p.m. Highway 97 is now open in both directions, 500 meters north of Oliver. The Oliver Daily News is reporting there was a lack in...
Oliver Aug 15, 2015 / 3:10 pm
A public information meeting is underway at the Oliver Community Centre to bring residents up to date on efforts to battle the Testalinden Creek and...
Oliver Aug 14, 2015 / 6:45 pm
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m. According to those in the area air crews can be seen targeting the fire with water about 7 p.m. The Oliver Fire Department is on...
Oliver Nov 1, 2016 / 3:17 pm
A structure, believed to be an unoccupied home in an orchard, burned in the Oliver area Monday night. Rob Graham, spokesman for the Oliver Fire...
Oliver Aug 16, 2016 / 12:47 pm
An Oliver brush fire that broke out Monday evening was quickly contained and put out. Rob Graham, with the Oliver Fire Department, said the fire,...
Oliver May 26, 2016 / 9:16 am
A fifth-wheel trailer on an Oliver property was destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning. According to Rob Graham, spokesman for the Oliver Fire...
Oliver Aug 18, 2015 / 11:45 am
Residents in Oliver are concerned after a neighbour was seen burning a pile of waste in his yard next to a home that is currently under an evacuation...
Oliver May 3, 2016 / 4:28 pm
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire in a fenced compound Monday night. Department spokesman Rob Graham said when firefighters...
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