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West Kelowna fire suspected of being human-caused, still a threat to homes

July 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ WILDLIFE — The Smith Creek wildfire near West Kelowna is suspected to be human-caused, says the Wildfire Management Branch. Crews battled the 200-hectare fire [Continue]

Botanie residents ordered to flee fire

July 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ WILDFIRE — Another day, another evacuation order. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District issued a declaration of a state of local emergency in electoral area I (Blue [Continue]

Aggressive wildfire behaviour challenges crews

July 17, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS/ WILDFIRES — Five wildfires of note in the Kamloops Fire Centre have challenged firefighters today (Thursday) as they continue to burn aggressively. The Wildfire [Continue]

West Kelowna residents being evacuated from wildfire area

July 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ WILDFIRE — An evacuation order was issued today (Thursday) for residents living in the West Kelowna area due to a small wildfire burning above Smith Creek. The fire [Continue]

TRU mum on reports student may have been on doomed Malaysian Airlines plane

July 17, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS — Thompson Rivers University is being swamped with calls today about a possible connection to the crash of a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet on the Russia-Ukraine [Continue]

84-year-old Surrey man who died after incident at Paul Lake identified

July 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — The man who died following an incident at Paul Lake on July 12 has been identified. The B.C. Corners Service said today he was Lyle Johnston, aged 84, from Surrey. [Continue]