Large format pictures Press to enlarge Fire close to substation Blaze appears to be burning itself out – a great deal of grey smoke on the eastern side of valley. 120 hectares – labelled the Eagle Bluff Fire Shot from across the valley – Wilson Mtn. Off Hwy 97 at McIntyre* Dam

An early sun rise will shed some light on Forest Fire burning on top of Gallagher Lake Bluff and to the north of it –  in Vaseux Creek Canyon. This area is not heavily timbered but what fuel there is burning and in a night sky looks more dramatic than the “fight” in the morning. […]

An Evacuation Alert has been issued by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Emergency Operations Centre (RDOS EOC). The RDOS EOC has placed several properties under Evacuation Alert due to a wildfire north of Oliver in Electoral Area “C.” All properties on the east side of BC Highway 97, extending south from McIntyre Creek Road to […]

Exactly what this was is – not really known – Firefighters dispatched to OIB location on McKinney Rd – east of Sandpoint Drive around the supper hour. Some concern by police – accident of some kind involving an older SUV – attended by three units of the Oliver Fire Department, one ambulance and 3 police […]