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Okanagan Falls Jan 12, 2018 / 11:10 am
UPDATE 11:10 a.m. The victim of the fire has been identified by neighbours as a long-time resident of the area, Wayne Rundle. ORIGINAL 10:35 a.m. The...
Top stories of 2017 Dec 31, 2017 / 5:00 am
Castanet Penticton is counting down the five biggest stories of 2017. They are being determined by a combination of web-traffic, public interest and...
Oliver Dec 27, 2017 / 9:51 am
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a car fire on the Osoyoos Indian Band reserve this morning. Fire crews were dispatched to McKinney and Black...
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...
Penticton Dec 9, 2017 / 7:15 pm
When residents were evacuated from their properties in the Okanagan due to wildfires in the summer, members of the Animal Lifeline Emergency Response...
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...
Okanagan Falls/Willowbrook Nov 23, 2017 / 4:26 pm
Two newly appointed fire chiefs will take charge at the Okanagan Falls and Willowbrook volunteer fire departments. Patrick Lantz is the new fire chief...
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 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 Oct 27, 2017 / 9:23 am
The Oliver Fire Department had an early start to the day with a van fire this morning. Crews were called to Highway 97 and Road 1 at 4:45 a.m.,...
Oliver Oct 20, 2017 / 9:51 am
Fire crews in Oliver had a busy evening on Thursday, responding to a pair of unrelated calls about 15 minutes apart. The Oliver Fire Department...
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 Oct 6, 2017 / 9:42 am
The Oliver Fire Department responded to a small grass fire at the rear of a home Thursday evening. Crews were called to the 1300 block of Fairview Rd....
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...
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...
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 Aug 2, 2017 / 7:00 pm
The Oliver Fire Department is holding a fundraiser to help the Loon Lake Fire Department build a new hall after it burned down in the Elephant Hill...
Oliver Aug 1, 2017 / 10:47 am
A pair of women were stranded on an island north of of Oliver in the Okanagan River, after losing their tubes in aggressive water. Oliver...
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...
Penticton Jul 7, 2017 / 1:58 pm
Due to high fire danger, a temporary fire ban has gone into effect for the South Okanagan. Effective at noon Friday, all open burning including...
Vancouver Jul 1, 2017 / 7:18 am
Residents banded together to crowd fund the rescue of a cat stuck in a West End Vancouver tree. ​Oliver was heard meowing from high up in the...
Vaseux Lake Jun 30, 2017 / 9:03 pm
UPDATE: 9 p.m. "On Thursday night, Oliver and Penticton officers were investigating a suspected stolen vehicle near Hwy 97 and Vaseaux Lake. Two...
Oliver Jun 17, 2017 / 10:30 am
A driver flipped their van off Highway 97 into an orchard just north of Oliver Saturday morning. The single-vehicle crash occurred just after 7 a.m....
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...
Indian Rock May 6, 2017 / 6:54 pm
UPDATE: 8:55 p.m. Indian Rock Road is now open. The road has been repaired and evacuees may go back to their homes. Glenfir Road remains closed....
Oliver Mar 3, 2017 / 1:51 pm
The town of Oliver has appointed a new fire chief. Bob Graham, who has been the town's deputy fire chief since 2011, takes the top position,...
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,...
Oliver Jan 30, 2017 / 10:59 am
Firefighters in Oliver spent Sunday evening battling a structure fire south of town. Crews were called to the area around Deadman Lake, near Highway...
Penticton Jan 28, 2017 / 5:00 am
The Penticton legion is doing its part to help the fire department buy a new boat. The legion will host a big spaghetti dinner fundraiser and auction,...
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 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...
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...
Oliver Sep 22, 2016 / 9:13 am
UPDATE: 9:35 a.m. According to the RCMP, it was an unoccupied outbuilding that burned on an Oliver property about 5:38 a.m., Thursday. The fire...
Oliver Sep 3, 2016 / 9:27 am
A gas station pump was knocked over by a vehicle at an Oliver Petro Canada station early Saturday morning. The incident occurred at 3:15 a.m. Rob...
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 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,...
Osoyoos Jun 9, 2016 / 8:58 am
The Osoyoos Fire Department responded to a fire at an Osoyoos eatery early this morning. RCMP Cpl. Jason Bayda said a person in a neighbouring...
Penticton Jun 8, 2016 / 12:10 pm
Masks that will be used to save pets in distress at fire and emergency scenes were handed over to the Penticton Fire Department on Wednesday. The...
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 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...
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