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Oliver Aug 15, 2015 / 9:37 pm
Air tankers buzzed overhead as a thick haze enveloped Oliver, Saturday. Two wildfires burning on the edge of town each destroyed one home, and flames...
Oliver Apr 14, 2016 / 8:34 am
A utility panel truck parked in front of a residence north of Oliver was destroyed in a suspicious fire overnight. Rob Graham, spokesman for the...
Oliver Aug 19, 2015 / 3:30 pm
A South Okanagan resident who lost his unique underground home in the Wilsons Mountain wildfire, has finally been allowed to go home. Wally...
Oliver Dec 8, 2015 / 10:33 am
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on Sawmill Road about 4 p.m. Monday afternoon. Rob Graham, spokesman for the department, said...
Oliver Oct 28, 2015 / 12:02 pm
A man is facing charges after he allegedly started a fire in a dry hedge at the Oliver A&W on Monday. Rob Graham, spokesman for the Oliver Fire...
Oliver Jul 22, 2015 / 12:13 pm
Oliver and forestry firefighters are still on scene at the Willowbrook wildfire. As of this morning, the fire, which has been a challenge to fight due...
Oliver Jul 30, 2015 / 9:43 am
The Oliver Fire Department was busy early this morning, fighting a brush fire caused by a burning pickup. Firefighters responded about 2:45 a.m. to...
Oliver Jul 23, 2015 / 3:24 pm
The 130-hectare Willowbrook fire was 80 per cent contained as of Thursday morning, according to the Oliver Fire Department. Deputy fire chief Bob...
Oliver Jul 24, 2015 / 1:33 pm
The 130-hectare Willowbrook fire was said to be 100 per cent contained as of this morning. Oliver Fire Department deputy fire chief Bob Graham said...
Oliver Jan 22, 2015 / 3:16 pm
Oliver firefighters responded to an electrical fire underneath a mobile home Wednesday night. According to Oliver Fire Department spokesman Rob...
Oliver Jun 10, 2014 / 9:21 pm
An abandoned building burst into flames Tuesday night in Oliver, sending black plumes of smoke into the air. There are no reports of any injuries at...
Oliver Aug 15, 2014 / 11:52 am
A family in Oliver has been displaced after their home burned down in the early hours of Friday morning. Around 3:30 a.m. Oliver RCMP attended a house...
Anarchist Mountain Apr 25, 2023 / 4:00 am
The Anarchist Mountain Fire Rescue (AMFR), is one of 11 Canadian communities awarded $15,000 under a new program of wildfire prevention grants...
Oliver Aug 5, 2019 / 7:15 pm
UPDATE: 7:15 p.m. An evacuation alert for more than 200 properties remains in effect around the Eagle Bluff Wildfire. In an update to the 2 a.m....
Oliver Oct 16, 2018 / 12:35 pm
Oliver town council got an earful Monday from a group of residents outraged by the reinstatement of a volunteer firefighter after he entered a peace...
Willowbrook Nov 29, 2022 / 3:34 pm
The Willowbrook Volunteer Fire Department is asking for help after an upsetting break-and-enter was attempted on their equipment Sunday morning....
Oliver Mar 3, 2023 / 4:39 pm
First responders including police, fire, sheriff and ambulance workers had to jump into some frigid water outside of the Oliver Fire Department on...
Poll Jul 6, 2010 / 5:08 pm
The Oliver Fire Department has been suspended. The department as a whole will be facing consequences, including suspension, following the theft of...
Oliver Feb 8, 2019 / 3:21 pm
UPDATE: 3:15 p.m. RCMP have disclosed that the dead passenger in an accident outside Osoyoos Friday morning was a 24-year-old man. A northbound...
Osoyoos Mar 31, 2020 / 2:57 pm
The Osoyoos Fire Department now has $25,000 worth of new equipment thanks to a successful grant application. A Union of BC Municipalities grant...
Nk'Mip Creek wildfire Jul 26, 2021 / 2:31 pm
UPDATE: 4:15 p.m. A new fire camp has been set up at Desert Park Equine Centre in Osoyoos for crews battling the forest fires in the region, including...
Oliver Jul 27, 2019 / 8:51 pm
UPDATE: 8:45 p.m. Oliver Fire Department spokesperson Rob Graham confirms crews are still on scene at a structure fire off Wilson Mountain Road in...
Oliver Jul 15, 2019 / 10:51 am
UPDATE 10:50 a.m. The B.C. Wildfire Service says a total of six crew members attacked the Atsiklak Creek fire overnight. Two people are currently on...
South Okanagan Jul 31, 2021 / 11:10 am
UPDATE: 11:10 a.m. Power has now been fully restored to the more than 3,000 homes in the South Okanagan, following the early morning outage. UPDATE:...
Oliver Feb 15, 2019 / 11:01 am
The Oliver Fire Department has announced the death of one of its members. “It is with heavy hearts the Oliver Fire Department announces the...
Oliver Nov 29, 2018 / 10:38 am
A barn south of Oliver was destroyed by fire early Thursday. The Oliver Fire Department was called to the property south of Greasewood Avenue around 3...
Oliver May 28, 2019 / 1:04 pm
A natural gas line break in Oliver led to a response by emergency crews Tuesday morning. The Oliver Fire Department requested shortly before 11 a.m....
Oliver Mar 27, 2019 / 10:28 am
UPDATE: 11:15 a.m. Oliver Fire Department media officer Rob Graham said he was surprised by not one but two grass fires in the past week. "It is...
Oliver Dec 29, 2018 / 3:15 pm
Oliver fire crews responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision early Saturday morning near Leighton Crescent. The pair of cars had crashed...
Oliver Feb 27, 2019 / 11:22 am
One woman is safe after fleeing flames in her Oliver home Tuesday evening. The Oliver Fire Department was called to reports of smoke and fire at a...
Oliver Jan 26, 2018 / 3:03 pm
A pig and a dog perished when a vehicle plunged into an oxbow north of Osoyoos on Friday afternoon. Crews responded to the accident on Road 22 at...
Oliver Aug 3, 2018 / 6:00 pm
Fire crews in Oliver doused a fire on the back of a truck that was carrying hay, Friday afternoon. The blaze happened at about 2 p.m. on McKinney Road...
Oliver Nov 21, 2018 / 9:50 am
The Oliver Fire Department was called to a trailer fire early this morning on the Osoyoos Indian Band reserve. Firefighters were called to 3890...
Oliver Nov 29, 2018 / 7:00 pm
The Oliver Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its annual charity drive thru breakfast this Saturday. Residents are invited out to the fire hall...
Oliver Sep 29, 2018 / 5:01 pm
Emergency crews responded to a smoking water truck ditched in rural Oliver Saturday, which they believed had been stolen. The truck's brakes were...
Oliver Jul 14, 2018 / 2:48 pm
Crews in Oliver were busy on Friday evening with back-to-back rescues on the Okanagan River — first locating a missing man before bringing four...
Oliver Feb 22, 2018 / 5:00 am
The Oliver Fire Department is hosting its bi-annual spring seminar in May, and this year they've shed some light on the course with an eccentric...
Oliver Nov 9, 2017 / 1:44 pm
Emergency crews have been busy in the South Okanagan Thursday as snow continues to blanket the region. A car left Highway 97 just south of Road 18 in...
Oliver Aug 31, 2017 / 4:26 pm
The Oliver Fire Department rescued two female vacationers trapped in the Okanagan River Thursday afternoon. Fire Chief Bob Graham said crews were...
Thompson-Okanagan Apr 18, 2021 / 4:00 am
The BC Wildfire Service is asking the public to be careful with fire usage this weekend and into next week with continuing dry conditions being a...
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