Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Peachland wildfire evacuation alert rescinded
The Peachland Creek Wildfire evacuation alert has been rescinded. That means the 58 addresses impacted in the District of Peachland no longer have to be ready for possible evacuation.The Emergency Ope...
Aug 28, 2025
BC Highway Patrol seeks witnesses on one-year anniversary of Merritt pedestrian death
The family of a 24-year-old man killed on the Coquihalla Highway is asking the public for information as the one-year anniversary of his death approaches.Buddy Rhodes was found off the side of Highway...
Aug 28, 2025
All passengers safe after boat collision on Okanagan Lake
Emergency crews responded Wednesday evening to a collision involving two boats about 500 metres south of the Bennett Bridge on Okanagan Lake. The call came in around 8:40 p.m., prompting rapid respons...
Aug 28, 2025
One charged, two injured in morning crash near Polson Park
Two people were injured in a car crash just outside Vernon's downtown core Wednesday morning.Vernon North Okanagan RCMP said officers responded to a report of a three-car collision on Highway 6 near 2...
Aug 27, 2025
Quick response stops motorhome fire from spreading in Peachland
A fiery motorhome crash along Highway 97 near Antlers Beach triggered a large emergency response late Tuesday night.West Kelowna RCMP say the motorhome veered off the northbound lanes of the highway a...
Aug 27, 2025
Evacuated Peachland residents allowed home as wildfire held
Dozens of Peachland residents are back in their homes after being forced out overnight when a roadside fire spread into the hillside above Antlers Beach.Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says 58 p...
Aug 27, 2025
Area municipalities implementing campfire ban on Friday
Local communities are putting a ban on all open fires effective noon Friday, August 28.The City of Vernon, Regional District of North Okanagan, District of Coldstream, and City of Enderby will have pr...
Aug 26, 2025
Two crashes on Highway 97 over the past few days
The highway south of Vernon has seen two serious collisions within just a few days.The first crash occurred around noon Friday, August 22.Vernon North Okanagan RCMP confirmed Monday that an SUV was ma...
Aug 25, 2025
Fire hall destroyed in 2023 wildfire being rebuilt, despite significant cost increase
A fire station in the Shuswap that was destroyed two summers ago is being rebuilt, even though the price tag attached has gone up significantly.The Scotch Creek / Lee Creek Fire Hall was destroyed in ...
Aug 24, 2025
UPDATE: One person injured in HWY 97 crash
-- UPDATE 2:45 p.m. --One person was injured in the crash on the highway south of Vernon Friday.B.C. Emergency Health Services told Vernon Matters that an ambulance responded to a report of a crash on...
Aug 22, 2025
