The man, who allegedly yelled at the child, said she was a boy and called her mother a groomer and pedophile, will be banned from any school property or event.
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The area around the Glenmore landfill is being overrun by the fire. Structures are being lost lost and employees have left the area
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This timelapse, shot from the very north end of Clifton Road, shows how rapidly and ferociously the
#McDougallCreek
fire moved north in just under 3 hours Thursday night, right before it jumped the lake.
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🎥: Michael Holzhey/MGH Photography
Thirteen of the 24 members of the Wilson's Landing Fire Department lost their homes.
Among the 13 who lost their homes was Wilson's Landing Fire Chief Paul Zydowicz.
The chief was working to save property around Lake Okanagan Resort when the fire got into his own neighbourhood…
A home security system captured dramatic footage of the heroic efforts made by firefighters to save the Wilden neighbourhood from destruction on Friday night.
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📹: Jason Venning
For the first time in 4 days, the sun has made an appearance in the Central Okanagan ☀️🙌🏼 A bit of rain has fallen, with more expected on and off over the coming hours!
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VIDEO: Fire sweeps into Glenmore Landfill.
Employees were forced to evacuate quickly after fire swept into the landfill from two directions around midday today.
The blaze then sparked up, candling large trees by the intersection of Glenmore Road and John Hindle Drive, and it…
Current levels of PM2.5, one of the most dangerous pollutants out there, in the Okanagan, Thompson and Shuswap are more than 70 times the WHO’s annual air quality guideline value.
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Glenmore resident Barry Badenhorst is rattled, but relieved.
When his apartment building at the corner of John Hindle Drive was evacuated he could see nearby homes ablaze.
But he's been assured by the RCMP that his building has been spared.
"He said, no I believe the apartment
VIDEO: "One of the most challenging nights of firefighting in our history," said West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund.
"The firefighters who fought that fire held that ground, they saved homes... [but] there were a significant amount of structures that were lost."
Former…
Vaccine mandate 'not linked' to health worker shortage in
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, government says
“We’re sitting on the sidelines watching the health system crumble and we can’t do anything to help," a woman representing fired health workers said.
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From local firefighters who continue to battle after losing their homes to those here from all over BC and beyond, their heroic efforts on the front lines do not go unappreciated.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his daughter Ella meet with Fire Chief Jason Brolund and local firefighters, along with other officials and first responders during a visit to
#WestKelowna
this morning.
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📷: Nick Csek/KelownaNow
The family-owned franchises of Pita Pit, Freshslice and Chester’s Chicken across Kelowna have been handing out and preparing free meals to those affected by the wildfires.
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Canada Task Force 1 has arrived in town to begin the process of assessing and counting the number of damaged or lost homes, allowing firefighters to focus on the job at hand.
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With about 15,000 people under evacuation orders and about 20,000 people under evacuation alerts, Premier Eby says accommodations and roads need to be kept open for evacuees.
KelownaNow has received reports of steady rainfall in the Kootenays overnight, including areas like Invermere and Trail, and now the hope is that it will move west.
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It certainly wasn't a repeat of the carnage 24 hours earlier, but it was a nervy and long night on the front lines for crews across the region.
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Litke cont'd:
*BREAKING - The wildfires in Kelowna and Lake Country are both 'HELD' as of 9 am today.*
Walroy Lake (Kelowna)
- The fire is now considered held as of 9 am today. (794 hectares)
- Two operational command staff and 55 firefighters working alongside Kelowna Fire…
Structural loss has been confirmed, thousands are out of their homes and firefighters are bracing for another challenging day of weather conditions.
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Lake Okanagan Resort is gone and it appears as though several West Kelowna homes above Sailview Bay have potentially burned as well.
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Timelapse from KelownaNow's webcam atop Landmark 6 facing SW toward the West Kelowna fires today.
See the webcam and other time lapses here:
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Wilden residents give a heartfelt thank you to firefighters and other first responders for saving their neighbourhood from the Walroy Lake wildfire 🥹
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As hundreds of firefighters and first responders from across the province converge upon West Kelowna, residents are showing their appreciation in a variety of ways 👏 ❤️
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The order doesn't affect those already vacationing in these communities, but Premier David Eby encourages them to leave and free up a room for someone who needs it.
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While the West Kelowna fire may be an unstoppable force at this time, calmer conditions tonight could help crews make some headway on the fire in Lake Country.
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BREAKING: “Our goal today is to get everyone home by the end of the day. We’re going to get everyone home tonight and that’s a big deal.”
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In an exclusive interview,
@JohnRustad4BC
MLA, the leader of the Conservative Party of BC spoke about wildfires, vaccinations, freedom of speech, tax, education and more.
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Diljit Dosanjh to play BC Place, expected to be largest ever Punjabi show outside India
The global Punjabi superstar will make history in more ways than one when he takes the stage in Vancouver next spring.
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The McDougall Creek wildfire has potentially jumped the lake as a new and fast-spreading wildfire has sparked in the North Clifton area near Knox Mountain. This video taken from North Glenmore shows flames quickly cresting the hill.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, these 28 are worth a million.
Thank you to all of the brave firefighters for their heroic work over the past week and the work that's still to come.
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The health authority evacuated 95 residents from a West Kelowna care home on Thursday, but now they're relocating hundreds on both sides of the bridge.
John Rustad concerned explicit content in schools: Says books taught to kids qualify as pornography.
Broadcasters wouldn't be allowed to broadcast it and MLAs couldn't use the same language in the Legislature.
Exclusive interview:
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The local scanner indicated that crews were scrambling to try and save several homes in the Okanagan Centre area late Friday evening and through the night.
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#LakeCountry
Trudeau government 'trying to control the narrative' with Online News Act, John Rustad says
"Freedom of speech is the core foundation of democracy – and if you're limiting that, what are you doing to your democracy?”
NowMedia is currently at Jack Seaton Park and baseball fields. The park is currently untouched, but the fire in Okanagan Centre is burning nearby with a number of helicopters and planes soaring above.
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As the winds begin to shift and the fire moves more perilously towards West Kelowna residents, more people have been given the order to leave.
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"We are beyond grateful for their efforts, which not only saved our home, but nearby neighbours' and countless other homes in Wilden. They are truly heroes." - Jason Venning
BREAKING: Police are going door to door in certain areas to evacuate people, and Central Okanagan Emergency Services has now confirmed tactical evacuations are underway.
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Operations on Sunday will see BCWS personnel and structure protection task forces working on priority areas on the northwest corner and southern flank to limit further spread.
As thousands of evacuees from Yellowknife descend on towns and cities across Alberta, people from BC are being urged not to travel to Alberta unless they have friends and family to stay with.
Video taken by a local resident who got a police escort through the area shows the destruction across Glenmore Road from the dump, which includes several properties and parts of the dog park.
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West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund offered up an estimate of 50 structures lost in the McDougall Creek fire.
Brolund prefaced his numerical estimate by pointing out the communities that remain fully intact.
He listed Smith Creek, Talus Ridge, Shannon Lake, the Lenz Road…
Michael Holzhey captured the fire cresting the hill and consuming everything in it's sight, including homes, before it jumped the lake and he had to evacuate.
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Yesterday, it appeared as many as five Kelowna homes had been lost to the wildfire.
It turns out it's not quite as bad as that.
An update from the Kelowna Fire Department has identified that the five structures lost include three homes and two outbuildings on four pieces of
The fire has reportedly crested the hill in Rose Valley and is now in the regional park, hovering over the community's elementary school.
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Two weeks after starting and one week after being listed as 'held', the BC Wildfire Service says both fires "will not spread any further due to suppression efforts."
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With some of the worst air quality in the world and thousands evacuated from their homes, local rec centres around town have waived admission fees for those that have been evacuated.
The Lake Country fire is quickly becoming a big concern and KelownaNow readers have reported sounds of explosions in the area.
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Representatives from local fire services and BC Wildfire Service will be providing information on the fire station in a news conference scheduled for 10 am.