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Osoyoos Dec 2, 2014 / 12:00 pm
A large fire at the Inkaneep Point Resort in Osoyoos destroyed a lakefront cabin over the weekend. The Osoyoos Fire Department was alerted late...
Penticton Sep 18, 2014 / 11:10 am
The Willowbrook Fire Department and Oliver RCMP responded to a rural residence fire on Orofino Road, near Oliver, at 10:26 a.m. on Wednesday. The...
Osoyoos Jun 9, 2014 / 12:24 pm
12:20 p.m. update: Michael McWhinnie's court date for sentencing has been set for June 23. Original story 11 a.m.: A sentencing date for an...
Penticton Mar 5, 2014 / 6:37 am
The Oliver RCMP and Fire Department responded to a house fire, Monday, in the 4000 block of N'Kmip Road. The residence was vacant at the time of...
Oliver/Osoyoos Feb 4, 2021 / 11:58 am
The South Okanagan RCMP’s top cop is continuing to lobby for additional officers in Penticton and Oliver as the two municipalities saw higher...
Penticton Sep 2, 2012 / 9:14 am
The new EZ Fuel gas station just north of Oliver went up in flames Sunday morning. The Oliver Daily News is reporting the fire department was called...
Penticton Nov 29, 2012 / 1:59 pm
By Oliver Daily News The Willowbrook Volunteer Fire Department was called into action just after 8 p.m. Thursday after a home was reported on fire. ...
Penticton Sep 1, 2012 / 8:32 am
A one hectare grass fire which broke out Friday afternoon near Green Lake Road in Okanagan Falls is all but out. "It's totally...
Letters Jun 22, 2012 / 5:00 am
Isn’t it wonderful how great our volunteers are down here in the small, but spirited town of Oliver. As previously reported, there was a grass...
Oliver/Osoyoos Apr 24, 2023 / 12:22 pm
Osoyoos RCMP's Constable Brent Greenfield has been honoured with an Award of Valour - the highest award for a police officer in BC, as law...
Penticton May 3, 2011 / 7:45 am
An Osoyoos teen is in custody after Sunday's destructive fire, which destroyed two businesses. On May 1, at 8:30 a.m., the Osoyoos Fire...
Penticton Jan 27, 2011 / 11:00 am
An Oliver family is homeless after a fire in their home Wednesday morning. At 8 a.m., the Oliver Volunteer Fire Department responded to reports of a...
Penticton Sep 17, 2022 / 11:30 am
Police are investigating after two bodies were found near Penticton Thursday. Investigators have now determined the deaths are suspicious. A road off...
Nk'Mip Creek Jul 21, 2021 / 8:38 pm
UPDATE: 8:40 p.m. Wind has picked up and shifted in the area of the Nk'Mip Creek Wildfire, according to volunteer firefighting crews on scene. BC...
Penticton Jun 2, 2010 / 11:00 am
A house in Oliver is a total loss. The fire department was called to 99th Street around 4 a.m. Wednesday. Fire Chief Dave Janzen says the...
Penticton Jun 23, 2010 / 9:51 am
In the wake of the alleged beer theft in Oliver, an interim fire chief has been named. Dan Skaros will be the interim chief for the Oliver Volunteer...
Penticton Jan 27, 2009 / 10:07 am
It was a battle with the elements for a South Okanagan fire department. Fire broke out at a workshop and garage on 91st Street in Oliver just after...
Okanagan Falls Aug 31, 2019 / 5:18 pm
UPDATE 5:15 p.m. RCMP have confirmed an 18-year-old Kelowna man is dead after jumping at a popular cliff jumping spot at the southeast end of Skaha...
Penticton Aug 15, 2007 / 12:01 pm
A former Oliver firefighter has been charged with arson. Mike Hagel, who was a member of the Oliver volunteer fire department, has been formally...
Penticton Sep 28, 2007 / 7:30 am
Officials in the South Okanagan are investigating another fire. A brush fire broke out on the Penticton Indian Reserve Thursday afternoon. It started...
Penticton Aug 14, 2007 / 10:45 am
Improper storage of oily rags almost led to disaster for an Oliver couple. Fire Chief, Dave Janzen, says the fire department responded to an alarm...
Penticton Aug 27, 2007 / 7:13 am
Former Oliver firefighter Michael George Hagel has a date today in Penticton court, making his first appearance on a number of arson charges. The...
Oliver Mar 25, 2014 / 12:42 pm
It was an emotional start to Monday's council meeting in Oliver, as the fire chief was recognized, before a packed house. Dan Skaros was given a...
South Okanagan Dec 31, 2022 / 4:00 am
As 2022 comes to a close, Castanet Penticton is inviting readers to look back at some of the quirkiest, oddest, and strangest-but-true stories that...
Nk'Mip wildfire Jul 29, 2021 / 4:30 pm
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. An evacuation order for 191 properties identified within the Nk’Mip Creek area of Electoral Area A has been downgraded by the...
Osoyoos Mar 15, 2022 / 10:04 am
A fallen and injured hiker was located after a lengthy overnight search by the Anarchist Mountain Fire Department and surrounding search and rescue...
South Okanagan Jul 10, 2021 / 4:00 am
Hundreds of Indigenous and non-indigenous people joined the Osoyoos Indian Band on Friday for a residential school solidarity walk and the unveiling...
Kelowna Apr 1, 2022 / 4:00 am
Castanet is participating in a unique fundraiser in support of The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), starting April 4. JDRF is the leader...
Okanagan Falls Mar 12, 2018 / 3:24 pm
UPDATE 3:25 p.m. The Penticton RCMP has confirmed an 81-year-old man has died as a result of a fatal rockslide in Okanagan Falls. Police were alerted...
Kelowna Aug 11, 2005 / 6:05 am
The fire departments phone lines were heating up last night. A slash pile on McCulloch Road went up in flames just after 11 pm last night. At it’s...
OK Falls Sep 2, 2019 / 10:27 am
UPDATE: 10:27 a.m. Okanagan Falls fire chief Rob Oliver confirmed that the fire started at the rear of the old OK Barbershop building and spread to...
Penticton Dec 26, 2020 / 4:00 am
With Christmas in the rearview mirror, it's time to start thinking about getting rid of the Christmas tree. Have your tree recycled while...
Okanagan Falls Jun 15, 2019 / 2:25 pm
The Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department had their hands full just before 1 p.m. Saturday, responding to two separate car crashes that happened...
Osoyoos Jul 8, 2015 / 11:15 am
UPDATE 11:15 A.M. More information is coming to light following the crash of a small plane on Highway 97 north of Osoyoos Tuesday afternoon. Osoyoos...
Osoyoos May 10, 2018 / 9:25 pm
UPDATE: 9:25 p.m. The entire Coast Hotel in Osoyoos has been evacuated due to flooding from the rising Osoyoos Lake. The Regional District of Okanagan...
OK Falls Nov 6, 2018 / 9:47 am
UPDATE 9:45 a.m. OK Falls fire chief Rob Oliver says there were no injuries as a result of the blaze, which completely levelled the travel trailer and...
Okanagan Falls Oct 9, 2019 / 1:16 pm
A gas leak briefly stopped traffic on Highway 97 in Okanagan Falls Wednesday morning. Okanagan Falls Fire Department members were on scene...
Osoyoos May 11, 2018 / 12:28 pm
UPDATE: 12:30 p.m. Managing water levels in Osoyoos Lake has been a challenge this week due to water flows both upstream and downstream, officials...
South Okanagan Dec 29, 2018 / 2:35 pm
Christmas is over, and for those who are ready to let go of the holiday season, the Penticton Fire Department is ready and waiting to chip your tree. ...
Penticton Feb 28, 2018 / 4:23 pm
The trial for an Oliver volunteer firefighter facing one charge of unlawfully being in the dwelling did not start as planned in Penticton Wednesday....
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