Fire retardant down, cloudy and rainy, hot spots, crews ready to work through the night, choppers and planes gone home. Truck & lumber fire out. Some rest for fire fighters who have spent almost 5 hours getting a handle on a stubborn mountainside fire. 8:45pm

Photo by Mike Beaulieu

Time: Before 4pm Wednesday – fire call 3:25pm Place near bottom of Anarchist Mtn hill (Highway 3) Ambulance, fire and police on scene Minor injury only Truck explodes – heard from a distance “I was behind him coming down the hill and his brakes were smoking” says Sgt. Kevin Schur. “The truck had a full […]

  The City of Penticton received Mayor Dan Ashton’s resignation in writing today. Mr. Ashton had been elected to represent the Penticton riding in the Legislative Assembly during the provincial election held on May 14. During the campaign, he had been on a leave of absence.     That leave had been extended pending the […]