Kelowna News

Flash flooding is being reported in Kamloops, where heavy rain is coming down and basements are soaking up , and a severe thunderstorm is currently in effect for the province's Southern Interior.

Dwayne was a gifted carver and artist and was part of the sculpture symposium. Personal condolences to Maurice and his many friends.

The three people who died last week in a horrific car accident near Kelowna last week have been identified by the BC Coroners Service.

The provincial government is defending its unpopular decision to halt B.C.'s use of the veteran Martin Mars water bombers in favour of newer aircraft to fight wildfires.

One of the men involved in a violent home invasion on Halloween night two years ago will be going to jail, the only question that remains is the length of his sentence.

The intentional torching of the Westbank Lions Hall was one of several crimes in the greater Kelowna metropolitan area in 2013.

Last year's champion, 16-year-old Brooke Henderson of Smith Falls, hits a shot on the fairway on Hole 5 at Craigowan Golf and Country Club during the 101st annual Canadian Women's Amateur Golf Championship Tuesday July 22. At the end of the first day, there was a four-way tie with all four golfers at four under par, and Henderson finishing tied for ... (more)

One of the lasting images from the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park fire was the sight of the majestic Martin Mars water bomber.

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A RCMP officer puts up police tape as flames from a forest fire are seen burning on a hillside in West Kelowna, B.C., early Friday, July, 18, 2014.

A helicopter gets water from Shannon Lake so they can put the water on a blaze on a hillside in West Kelowna, B.C. Friday, July, 18, 2014.

With more than 100 active fires burning throughout the province as of Wednesday, the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Interior Health issued a smoky skies advisory for the region.

The Smith Creek wildfire in West Kelowna grew from 200 to 250 hectares from Thursday night to Friday morning.

Power surges have disabled computers across the Interior Health Authority , including electronic patient records at all hospitals from Kamloops to Kelowna and Cranbrook.

Police issued a public warning Monday to gang members visiting Kelowna this weekend for the Center of Gravity festival: You're not welcome and you'll be closely monitored.

KELOWNA, British Columbia, Wildfires In British Columbia are forcing residents out.

Comm handles the majority of police, fire, and ambulance calls for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, the Sunshine Coast and Squamish-Lillooet.

While it is only estimated at 50 per cent contained, firefighters have wrangled the Smith Creek wildfire back enough to send 2000 people evacuated from their homes back to their own beds this evening.

More than half a dozen major fires are burning in vast dead pine forests killed by mountain pine beetles, increasing risks to firefighters and communities.