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Oliver Aug 26, 2016 / 8:45 am
A shed burned to the ground in the Oliver area Thursday night after a resident attempted to burn a nearby bee or wasp nest that was in a pile of wood....
Oliver May 14, 2016 / 4:55 pm
Burning vehicles and downed power lines covered the field at Oliver Community Park, Saturday, but no one seemed too alarmed. The props were spread...
Oliver May 9, 2016 / 5:00 am
The town of Oliver will host to the annual BC volunteer firefighters spring training seminar next week. More than 350 volunteer firefighters from...
Oliver Dec 18, 2015 / 9:09 am
An Oliver-area teen was pulled from Tucelnuit Lake after falling through the ice, Thursday. The Oliver Fire Department was called in to assist B.C....
Oliver Apr 6, 2016 / 12:50 pm
Members of the Oliver Fire Department travelled to Midway Tuesday night to deliver a piece of equipment to fellow firefighters. The First Out wildfire...
Oliver Sep 26, 2015 / 4:02 pm
Firefighters in Oliver will soon be raising funds for their counterparts in the Rock Creek area, who fought one of the Okanagan's biggest...
Oliver Sep 15, 2015 / 12:45 pm
In the aftermath of the aggressive Rock Creek wildfire, the Oliver Fire Department is producing a charity T-shirt to assist fellow firefighters. The...
Oliver Aug 18, 2015 / 11:28 am
An Oliver structure fire Monday was made more difficult to fight by the nature of the business and the age of the building. Alpha Truss was destroyed...
Osoyoos Jun 14, 2019 / 5:00 am
The Osoyoos Fire Department is warning the public of a potential scammer impersonating one of their members asking for money. Fire chief Ryan...
Oliver Nov 27, 2014 / 5:30 am
Oliver residents will be getting their first opportunity to drive through the local fire hall this weekend, and it's all for a good cause. The...
Willowbrook Oct 4, 2017 / 2:15 pm
Brad Fossett, Fire Chief at the Willowbrook volunteer fire department, will be retiring from active duty at the end of the month. The 63-year-old...
Osoyoos Feb 4, 2017 / 10:56 am
Two South Okanagan fire departments were called out to a structure fire early Saturday morning. Rob Graham, spokesman for the Oliver Fire Department,...
Vaseux Lake Oct 17, 2016 / 1:38 pm
The Oliver Fire Department responded to the shores of Vaseux Lake late Friday afternoon, after a fire was reported on Hatfield Island. However, Rob...
Kelowna Oct 21, 2022 / 12:51 pm
UPDATE 12:50 p.m. The home significantly damaged Thursday night in a fire sits on Kelowna’s heritage registry. Known as the Jennens House, the...
Penticton Jun 7, 2014 / 2:26 pm
A brush fire began in the hills near Oliver Friday night. The Oliver Fire Department was called out around 10 p.m. Friday night for a brush fire near...
Penticton Mar 13, 2014 / 3:35 pm
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a report of a loud bang and smoke at a home on Merlot Avenue, Wednesday night. According to department...
Penticton Dec 13, 2013 / 9:33 am
The Oliver RCMP has released an update on the collision that took place on Highway 97 near Vaseaux Lake on Wednesday, Dec. 11. According to their...
Penticton Jan 3, 2014 / 12:00 pm
A fire completely destroyed a fifth wheel trailer on a rural property south of Oliver, early Friday, Firefighter and Oliver Fire Department spokesman...
Penticton Sep 19, 2013 / 4:30 pm
Cody O'Connor was remembered as a bright, brave and cheerful boy at his funeral Thursday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in...
Penticton May 19, 2013 / 8:26 am
In two instances yesterday the Kelowna Fire Dispatch called the Oliver Fire Department when it was not necessary according to Danny Skaros. I...
Penticton Nov 25, 2013 / 11:38 am
Oliver firefighters responded to a tree fire next to a mobile home early Sunday morning. According to Rob Graham, a firefighter and spokesman for the...
Penticton Apr 3, 2013 / 11:43 am
By Oliver Daily News Oliver fire crews were called out to a brush fire just after 4 p.m. Tuesday. It took the crews about 45 minutes to douse the...
Penticton Apr 27, 2013 / 10:07 am
A large blaze broke out at a rural residence just south of Oliver Saturday morning. Fire crews were called out to the scene on 6 road just after 9...
Penticton Sep 18, 2012 / 4:49 pm
5:30 p.m. update: Hwy. 97 is open, alternating traffic on a single lane. The fire is under control and fire crews will remain onsite to mop-up and...
Penticton Jun 20, 2012 / 4:30 pm
The Oliver Fire Department is on the scene of a forest fire on McKinney Road. The fire is burning just east of South Okanagan General Hospital....
Penticton May 1, 2011 / 6:12 pm
Updated report from Castanet's Kelly Hayes Raw Video by Ken Myrberg A fire in Osoyoos on Sunday has destroyed several businesses and...
Oliver Jan 30, 2020 / 4:14 pm
For the third-straight year, property taxes in the Town of Oliver are going up nine per cent. The municipality has been ramping up its revenue in...
Oliver Jun 3, 2019 / 1:13 pm
The Oliver RCMP says a fire at the Oliver United Church on Friday night was started by a group playing with “bird bangers.” Emergency...
Penticton Jun 21, 2012 / 11:26 am
Nothing official, however, a small forest fire in the Oliver area Wednesday afternoon may have been caused by a discarded cigarette butt. The fire...
Penticton Aug 10, 2011 / 11:45 am
An Oliver senior left a long trail of debris after a spectacular collision Tuesday evening. RCMP say shortly after 5:30 p.m. on August 9 a westbound...
Penticton Jul 24, 2011 / 11:00 am
Firefighters in Oliver encountered a very dangerous situation at a fire early Sunday morning. Oliver Fire Department spokesperson Spencer Tribbick...
Penticton Dec 15, 2011 / 1:00 pm
A late model Ford pickup lost control and wound up off the road in a deep pit just off Highway 97, north of Oliver Thursday morning. The crash...
Oliver Jan 15, 2019 / 12:52 pm
Oliver fire chief Bob Graham has been re-appointed as head of the municipality's fire department for another three years. Town council approved...
Oliver Jul 13, 2018 / 11:34 am
The Oliver Volunteer Fire Department quickly doused a dump truck fire Friday afternoon on Highway 97. Crews were called to the highway just south of...
Oliver Aug 14, 2015 / 9:12 pm
UPDATE 9 p.m. The Testalinden Creek fire is now estimated at 450 hectares in size. The blaze is burning aggressively due to open fuel and wind in the...
Oliver Jun 27, 2018 / 9:39 pm
UPDATE 9:35 p.m. A full and rapid response from the Oliver Volunteer Fire Department brought the small brush fire under control relatively quickly....
Penticton Jun 20, 2011 / 1:00 pm
A fire in Oliver left a family homeless on Father's Day. Firefighters were called to the rural home on River Road (99th Street) at 3 a.m. on June...
Penticton May 23, 2010 / 11:13 am
Details are still coming in, but firefighters confirm a major hotel fire happened in Oliver this morning. A spokesman with the Oliver Fire Department...
Penticton Jul 20, 2009 / 6:29 pm
Update: 9 p.m. Monday Fire crews are now mopping up the fire near Vaseux Creek, 9km north of Oliver. Ministry of Forests crews will monitor the fire...
Anarchist Mountain May 28, 2022 / 3:00 pm
A previously out-of-use fire hydrant has been sent to help out a South Okanagan community, where there isn't a municipal or community water system...
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