79.4% (3,681,088) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 48.6% (2,253,818) received their second dose. In addition, 80.5% (3,481,176) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 51.9% (2,246,289) received their second dose. B.C. is reporting 54 new cases of COVID-19 […]
Archives for July 2021
Smoke early this morning has dissapated
Photo by Stocks Is it a control burn? (Jason or Brent) appears to me. Most of what I saw east of Skaha Lake is smoky and smoldering. Pix take at former Weyerhaeuser site, Structurlam Complex – south and east of downtown – Okanagan Falls Press your mouse on the picture for a big picture
Listening leads to the truth
Loose Bay and other camps get grant funds – $652 000
Allan Patton, apple orchardist in Oliver – “Any help to increase the supply of domestic farm workers at the Loose Bay work camp is appreciated. The facility improvements look good, the residents are co-operating and it is altogether a good scene, with a safe and clean place for workers to stay with all of the […]
Increasing concern about water supply
Stage 2 Water Use Restrictions are now in effect for Town of Oliver Water System customers. This includes properties within the: – Town of OIiver – Portions of RDOS Electoral Area ‘C’ Under Stage 2, residents are asked to restrict their irrigating to two days a week using even and odd house numbering as a […]
Fire near Brenda Mines – dozens ordered evacuated
EOC Update: Evacuation ORDER due to the Brenda Creek wildfire in Electoral Area H July 15, 2021 4:30am Published: July 15, 2021 Pursuant to the Emergency Program Act, an Evacuation ORDER has been issued by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) due to immediate danger to life safety due to the Brenda Creek wildfire, south […]
Weather – temps falling a bit -red dots indicates small fires
Latest from BC Wildfire Mapping
Growing to 5000 hectares
Thomas Creek fire is aggressive and speading to the east No homes yet ordered to evacuate.