About 260 residents who were ordered to leave Friday because of the Wilson Mountain (Oliver N.) fire were allowed to go home Saturday. An evacuation order for another 100 residents, however, remains in effect due to the Testalinda Creek Oliver S.) fire. Provincial officials said Saturday the situation appeared less severe than it was a day earlier, […]

6pm – South of Road 18 – two skimmers trying to get a handle on flames near Hwy 97

Just south of Silica Pit – hard to get at by air or by foot – most likely burn itself out with available fuel.

Reliably informed – residents from 260 homes allow to return to their houses “It’s appearing to be safe for people — those residents — at this time to go back,” said Mark Pendergraft, chair of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. “This is a big hit to a community like this … it pretty much affects […]

ODN talked to 52 year Steve Maitland late today. He and his partner had rented a two level mobile home on the property of Wally Yahnke. Yahnke, 84, lives 200 feet away in a unique underground cave-like structure according to Maitland. Maitland works as a tiler in Alberta and will have to return to job […]

A lot of people went to a 3pm news conference and public information meeting hoping for some good news. I didn’t hear the good news, in fact the first two speakers seemed ill advised as to the details of how well the fire has been handled and the losses incurred. 360 homes in the Oliver/Wilson […]