Okanagan

The Glen Lake wildfire in Peachland is now 1,116.2 hectares in size. (Marc Bowles/Facebook)

Small planned ignitions take place on Peachland wildfire

The blaze is now 1,116.2 hectares

 

The 2023 under-16 WHL Cup takes place in Red Deer from Oct. 17-22 and features many players selected in this year’s WHL Draft. (Canadian Hockey League)

Kelowna Rockets, RINK Hockey Academy well represented at upcoming WHL Cup

The under-16 WHL Cup is taking place in Red Deer, Alta from Oct. 17-22

 

Smoke from wildfires can be seen over Okanagan Lake from Peak Cellars Winery in Lake Country while temperatures broke records Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (Lisa Fenyedi photo)

Wildfire smoke impacts Okanagan air quality

Smoky skies bulletin issued

 

BC Wildfire Service is continuing to battle both the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna and the Glen Lake wildfire in Peachland. (BC Wildfire Service)

Fire crews continue to battle West Kelowna, Peachland blazes

Both fires remain out of control

BC Wildfire Service is continuing to battle both the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna and the Glen Lake wildfire in Peachland. (BC Wildfire Service)
The Glen Lake wildfire, near Peachland, has resulted in evacuation alerts in and around Summerland. (Voyent Alert! map)

Fire crews battling Glen Lake wildfire near Peachland

Homes in Summerland and Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen under evacuation alert

The Glen Lake wildfire, near Peachland, has resulted in evacuation alerts in and around Summerland. (Voyent Alert! map)
Vancouver Canucks newly-named captain Quinn Hughes wears fire fighting equipment as him and team executives visited the West Kelowna Fire Department on Friday, Sept. 15. (@Canucks/X)

VIDEO: Vancouver Canucks visit West Kelowna Fire Department

“Firefighters don’t get the credit they deserve”

Vancouver Canucks newly-named captain Quinn Hughes wears fire fighting equipment as him and team executives visited the West Kelowna Fire Department on Friday, Sept. 15. (@Canucks/X)
A look at early goings of the Okanagan Vinyl Festival in 2022. (Contributed)

Okanagan Vinyl Festival celebrates 10 years in Penticton

Festival takes place Sunday, Sept. 24 at Okanagan College

A look at early goings of the Okanagan Vinyl Festival in 2022. (Contributed)
The Bank of Canada headquarters is shown in Ottawa, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Uzelman: The Bank of Canada ‘is likely done with rate hikes’

A column by Bruce Uzelman

  • Sep 19, 2023
The Bank of Canada headquarters is shown in Ottawa, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The Glen Lake wildfire started in Peachland on Saturday, Sept. 16. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

No fire growth for blaze near Peachland thanks to cooler weather

No new evacuation orders or alerts are anticipated tonight

The Glen Lake wildfire started in Peachland on Saturday, Sept. 16. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)
The Northern Lights lit up the Lake Country sky above Wood Lake on Monday night, Sept. 18. (Nick Clements/Facebook)

PHOTOS: Northern Lights brighten sky in Lake Country

The aurora borealis lit up the sky around 8:30 p.m. on Monday night

The Northern Lights lit up the Lake Country sky above Wood Lake on Monday night, Sept. 18. (Nick Clements/Facebook)
Pierre Poilievre speaks in Terrace in a bid to shift the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding from its current status as a seat for the NDP. (Seth Forward/Northern View)

Uzelman: A disciplined Poilievre is topping the polls

A column by Bruce Uzelman

  • Sep 19, 2023
Pierre Poilievre speaks in Terrace in a bid to shift the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding from its current status as a seat for the NDP. (Seth Forward/Northern View)
Dine Around Victoria. AdobeStock

Dine Around Happy Hour comes to B.C. restaurants

The series will run until Sept. 30

Dine Around Victoria. AdobeStock
The Okanagan Regional Library is asking users to share their thoughts on the library’s future. (Morning Star - file photo)

Okanagan Regional Library asks for public input on its future

Series of engagement sessions scheduled at regional library branches

The Okanagan Regional Library is asking users to share their thoughts on the library’s future. (Morning Star - file photo)
First Tee - Canada is looking to expand their youth golf program to courses, schools, and community centres in Kelowna. (First Tee)

Affordable youth golf program looking to swing into Kelowna

First Tee - Canada has welcomed more than 46,000 new participants in 2023

First Tee - Canada is looking to expand their youth golf program to courses, schools, and community centres in Kelowna. (First Tee)
Shaun Majumder

Laugh it up with Train Wreck Comedy in Oliver

Check out comedy at Venable Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 4

Shaun Majumder
Crews are in place to work on the demolition of the Kiwanis Pier on Okanagan Lake in Summerland. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)

Crews working to dismantle iconic Summerland pier

Kiwanis Pier has been deemed unsafe, with plans in place to replace it

Crews are in place to work on the demolition of the Kiwanis Pier on Okanagan Lake in Summerland. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)
Volunteer Elizabeth Stoltz of Heisson waters the Fort Vancouver Garden in Vancouver, Wash., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Stolz said things were extra dried out because of the wind and smoke. "The wind sucks the life out of everything," she said. Stoltz said she is still not under evacuation from the Big Hollow Fire but her family made a plan in case it gets to that point. Clark County entered hazardous air-quality territory late Thursday as wildfire smoke traveling from other areas enveloped Southwest Washington. (Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian via AP)

Not a great gardening year for the Okanagan

Heat, smoke, drought made for wasted crops

  • Sep 15, 2023
Volunteer Elizabeth Stoltz of Heisson waters the Fort Vancouver Garden in Vancouver, Wash., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Stolz said things were extra dried out because of the wind and smoke. "The wind sucks the life out of everything," she said. Stoltz said she is still not under evacuation from the Big Hollow Fire but her family made a plan in case it gets to that point. Clark County entered hazardous air-quality territory late Thursday as wildfire smoke traveling from other areas enveloped Southwest Washington. (Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian via AP)
BC Transit has released a statement regarding the attack on a 17-year old Sikh teenager in Kelowna. (Black Press file photo)

‘Incidents of this nature are rare’: BC Transit on attack of Sikh teenager in Kelowna

The incident took place around 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11

BC Transit has released a statement regarding the attack on a 17-year old Sikh teenager in Kelowna. (Black Press file photo)
Many residents were able to head home Wednesday evening (Sept. 13) as some evacuation orders were downgraded to alerts at the McDougall Creek wildfire. (BC Wildfire Service)

Power restored to 90 per cent of BC Hydro customers at McDougall Creek wildfire

This came a few hours after evacuation orders were rescinded to alerts along Westside Road

Many residents were able to head home Wednesday evening (Sept. 13) as some evacuation orders were downgraded to alerts at the McDougall Creek wildfire. (BC Wildfire Service)
A number of properties along Westside Road have been downgraded from an evacuation order to an alert Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, as the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna continues to burn. (Karen Hill/Black Press Media)

Westside Road residents evacuated by West Kelowna wildfire cleared to return home

A number of properties were downgraded from evacuation order to alert Wednesday afternoon

A number of properties along Westside Road have been downgraded from an evacuation order to an alert Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, as the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna continues to burn. (Karen Hill/Black Press Media)