City of West Kelowna

Beswatherick, who is seven months pregnant, was last seen on Sept. 6 between approximately 5:30 and 6 p.m. at her mother’s home on Underhill Street in Kelowna. (Photo contributed)

RCMP seek public’s help in finding missing pregnant Lake Country woman

Lisa Beswatherick is 5’ 6” (168 cm), 126 pounds (57 kg), with long brown hair

Beswatherick, who is seven months pregnant, was last seen on Sept. 6 between approximately 5:30 and 6 p.m. at her mother’s home on Underhill Street in Kelowna. (Photo contributed)
BC Wildfire Service is expecting increased fire activity because of the forecasted warmer weather conditions. (BC Wildfire Service)

Warmer temperatures to bring ‘crossover conditions’ to McDougall Creek wildfire

BC Wildfire Service will have additional helicopter support over the weekend

BC Wildfire Service is expecting increased fire activity because of the forecasted warmer weather conditions. (BC Wildfire Service)
Kamea-Jean Twan-Oiom is 5’ 2” (157 cm), 100 pounds (45 kg), and has long brown hair with blond portions in the front. (Photo contributed)

UPDATE: 12-year-old West Kelowna girl found safe

Kamea-Jean Twan-Oiom was last seen around 10 p.m., Sept. 7, at her home on Ingram Road

Kamea-Jean Twan-Oiom is 5’ 2” (157 cm), 100 pounds (45 kg), and has long brown hair with blond portions in the front. (Photo contributed)
Fruit and veggies are too often thrown away as food waste. (Black Press Media file photo)

Too good to pass up: App to reduce food waste launches in Kelowna

The Danish-based company launched in B.C. in 2021

Fruit and veggies are too often thrown away as food waste. (Black Press Media file photo)
Big White Fire Department holds a cheque for Wilson’s Landing fire crews. (Big White)

Big White fundraises for firefighters who lost homes in West Kelowna blaze

Over the Labour Day weekend, $3,159 was raised

Big White Fire Department holds a cheque for Wilson’s Landing fire crews. (Big White)
BC Wildfire Service executed and completed a successful 350-hectare planned ignition on Wednesday, Sept. 6. (Karen Hill/Black Press Media)

Wilson’s Landing homeowners displaced by wildfire to have temporary site access Sept. 8

‘Crossover conditions’ could increase fire activity starting Thursday into the weekend

BC Wildfire Service executed and completed a successful 350-hectare planned ignition on Wednesday, Sept. 6. (Karen Hill/Black Press Media)
The miniature Delft Blue House that former MP Stephen Fuhr was able to find in the debris of his home. (Stephen Fuhr)

Ash-caked porcelain house all that B.C. wildfire left of former MP’s home

Stephen Fuhr plans to rebuild on the property he has lived at for 15 years

  • Sep 6, 2023
The miniature Delft Blue House that former MP Stephen Fuhr was able to find in the debris of his home. (Stephen Fuhr)
Deer stops for drink of water from birdbath, while probably confused by all the wildfire damage caused to the property of a West Kelowna Estates neighbourhood resident. (Judie Steeves photo)

West Kelowna homeowner surrounded by wildfire devastation

Urban-interace fire ravaged West Kelowna Estates neighourhood

  • Sep 6, 2023
Deer stops for drink of water from birdbath, while probably confused by all the wildfire damage caused to the property of a West Kelowna Estates neighbourhood resident. (Judie Steeves photo)
Smoke could be seen across the Central Okanagan on Tuesday, Sept. 5 because of planned ignitions executed by BC Wildfire Services. (Karen Hill/Black Press Media)

Planned ignitions to cause wide spread smoke at West Kelowna wildfire

Wednesday’s planned ignition is set to be 350 hectares in size

Smoke could be seen across the Central Okanagan on Tuesday, Sept. 5 because of planned ignitions executed by BC Wildfire Services. (Karen Hill/Black Press Media)
What is left of the garden and chicken coop at a property on Bear Creek Road, West Kelowna after the McDougall Creek Wildfire swept through the area. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

‘Absolutely untrue’: West Kelowna Fire Chief on claims that homes were left to burn

The McDougall Creek wildfire’s behaviour was too aggressive for air support in the early days

  • Sep 5, 2023
What is left of the garden and chicken coop at a property on Bear Creek Road, West Kelowna after the McDougall Creek Wildfire swept through the area. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
The McDougall Creek wildfire continues to burn but many planned ignitions are in place to help battle the blaze. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Planned ignitions scheduled to help contain wildfire in West Kelowna

The wildfire continues to burn, with the southwest flank being the most active

The McDougall Creek wildfire continues to burn but many planned ignitions are in place to help battle the blaze. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
The McDougall Creek wildfire ripped through the Bear Creek area of West Kelowna. There is very little left for residents to salvage. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

250 personnel ready if West Kelowna blaze encroaches on Glenrosa

The cause of the McDougall Creek fire is still under investigation

  • Sep 4, 2023
The McDougall Creek wildfire ripped through the Bear Creek area of West Kelowna. There is very little left for residents to salvage. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
The billboard was designed by Sarah Jones, Anishinaabe, Ojibwe and “Indigiqueer” artist who was raised on Syilx Territory. (Advocacy Canada billboard)

Kelowna group shows 2SLGBTQIA+ folks they belong, despite travel advisories, hate

The federal government put out a travel advisory warning queer people visiting the USA, on Aug. 28

The billboard was designed by Sarah Jones, Anishinaabe, Ojibwe and “Indigiqueer” artist who was raised on Syilx Territory. (Advocacy Canada billboard)
Out of town officers helped the West Kelowna RCMP take illegal drugs and weapons off the streets. (West Kelowna RCMP)

Out of town officers seize hand gun, illicit drugs in West Kelowna

While the McDougall Creek wildfire goes on, out of town RCMP members are helping around town

Out of town officers helped the West Kelowna RCMP take illegal drugs and weapons off the streets. (West Kelowna RCMP)
More than 250 structure protection crews are ready in the Glenrosa neighbourhood on Saturday, Sept. 2 in case the McDougall Creek wildfire spreads south towards the community. (BC Wildfire Services)

McNaughton Road residents in West Kelowna allowed to go home

Depending on weather conditions, planned ignitions are scheduled by BC Wildfire Service

More than 250 structure protection crews are ready in the Glenrosa neighbourhood on Saturday, Sept. 2 in case the McDougall Creek wildfire spreads south towards the community. (BC Wildfire Services)
The McDougall Creek wildfire continues to blaze on into the Labour Day long weekend with fire activity most active at the south end of the blaze. (BC Wildfire Services)

Cooler weather allows crews to work on West Kelowna wildfire

Crews will work through the long weekend but no updates are expected unless conditions change

The McDougall Creek wildfire continues to blaze on into the Labour Day long weekend with fire activity most active at the south end of the blaze. (BC Wildfire Services)
The West Kelowna Fire Department responded to a early morning house fire unrelated to the McDougall Creek wildfire. (Black Press file photo)

West Kelowna home suffers ‘major damage’ from blaze unrelated to wildfire

The fire started around 1 a.m. Friday

The West Kelowna Fire Department responded to a early morning house fire unrelated to the McDougall Creek wildfire. (Black Press file photo)
West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund speaks during a regional wildfire update on Aug. 28, 2023.(RDCO video)

‘A historic natural disaster’: Road to recovery from West Kelowna wildfire

West Kelowna Estates/Westside Road communities heavily damaged in McDougall Creek fire

West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund speaks during a regional wildfire update on Aug. 28, 2023.(RDCO video)
The McDougall Creek wildfire blazes on in West Kelowna but a couple rainy nights in a row has helped crews battle the fire. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

UPDATE: More Okanagan residents heading home as evacuations lift

The blaze is now 13,712 hectares in size

The McDougall Creek wildfire blazes on in West Kelowna but a couple rainy nights in a row has helped crews battle the fire. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
West Kelowna residents who lost their home and suffered property damage that’s unlivable will receive a phone call from Central Okanagan Emergency Operations for a bus service to be able to go view their property. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

‘Stressful situation’: West Kelowna property owners to tour wildfire damage

All evacuation orders and alerts remain in place

West Kelowna residents who lost their home and suffered property damage that’s unlivable will receive a phone call from Central Okanagan Emergency Operations for a bus service to be able to go view their property. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)