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The province is targeting a start date of Sept 13 for the BC Vaccine Card. People with at least one shot will show it at things like ticketed sporting events, indoor concerts and restaurants. Two dose...

Showers and cooler temperatures have been helping firefighters dealing with the Mt. Law wildfire in West Kelowna. There were planned ignitions on the weekend to burn off ground fuel, but we're told sm...

With a month left to go in what would be a usual season, BC Wildfire says some of its members that have been on the front line are near exhaustion. However more crews continue to be brought in from ou...

Fifteen properties remained on evacuation order last night as fire crews continued to deal with the Mt. Law wildfire. Boundaries of the Evacuation Alert area include those properties north of the Conn...

Thanks to the amazing work of firefighters, BC Wildfire crews, and some incredible pilots, most residents that were evacuated from the Mt. Law wildfire on Sunday, were allowed to go home yesterday aft...

The Mt. Law wildfire in West Kelowna saw no significant growth yesterday and remains at an estimated 800 hectares. It was attacked by ground crews, skimmers, retardant tankers and bucketing helicopter...

A new wildfire named Mt. Law, erupted in West Kelowna about dinner time yesterday. A number of properties in upper and lower Glenrosa were ordered evacuated last night with residents now told to repor...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced Canadians will go to the polls on September 20th. The announcement in Ottawa this morning came after he met with the governor general for almost an hour abo...

The evacuation order was re-issued yesterday, for 608 properties in Fintry, La Casa and Shalal Road within RDCO's Central Okanagan West Electoral Area. Residents on Evacuation Order should expect to b...

Nearly 270 wildfires were burning in the province yesterday. Stats from Emergency Management BC show evacuation orders cover nearly 54-hundred properties while residents in almost 31-thousand properti...