Time: 12:30 am Tuesday Location: On Road 5 just east of Sumac Drive Modified vehicle body trailer filled with wood/garbage – on fire Relatively small blaze with no chance of spread Believed to be set. Trailer has been in this location for some time Oliver Fire Department dispatched and put out the flames.
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Wood on a trailer in orchard – flares in flames
C public hearing (4)
Osoyoos rejects switch to garbage carts
By ROY WOOD In contrast to Oliver and Penticton, the town of Osoyoos has rejected a proposal to modernize and automate its garbage and recycling collection, opting to stick with the manual system. Despite a recommendation from town staff to switch to the so-called “cart system,” Mayor Sue McKortoff and Councillor Jim King voted to […]
Map our marshes
BC Wildlife Federation’s Map our Marshes course offers passionate community members the technical and field skills for mapping smaller, unappreciated wetlands with GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers as well as how to upload these maps to an online database – the Community Mapping Network. Smaller wetlands are highly productive for a diversity of species as […]
It’s black and white – dragon fly by Marjo Koskinen
Targeted shooting
One man shot in targeted incident on Old Okanagan Hwy The West Kelowna RCMP responded to reports of shots fired in West Kelowna on Saturday. On attendance police found a wounded man suffering from a gunshot wound. On July 15, 2017 at 1:45 pm West Kelowna RCMP responded to a shooting on […]