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B.C. wildfires: no new evacuations overnight as grim battle goes on
KELOWNA, B.C. - British Columbia’s desperate battle against hundreds of wildfires was continuing on multiple fronts Sunday, but no new evacuation orders were added overnight to the thousands alr...
Aug 20, 2023
Travel ban in parts of B.C. disrupting tourism as raging wildfires burn
KELOWNA, B.C. - The central Okanagan is facing weeks without tourism during its peak season after British Columbia’s premier imposed bans on travel to wildfire zones. David Eby says the decision...
Aug 20, 2023
Historic ocean swim returns to Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - For over 60 years, a flagship event has tested area swimmers. The Qualicum Beach Ocean Mile Swim returns Sunday, Aug. 20 with a one-mile dip along the town waterfront. It starts from ...
Aug 20, 2023
B.C. state of emergency helps rapid response to raging wildfires: Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government’s decision to declare a provincial state of emergency allows authorities to rapidly access tools and implement measures to deal with the ev...
Aug 19, 2023
Stock the Lockers so youth can go back to class with what they need to thrive
NANAIMO - An annual initiative to get school supplies into the hands of those who need it is back for the entire month of August. The Stock the Lockers campaign, put on by the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School...
Aug 19, 2023
Buccaneers hope training camp is a springboard to success in 2023-24 VIJHL campaign
NANAIMO - There is a feeling of change around the Nanaimo Buccaneers. After just a combined six wins over the last two years, the Bucs will have a largely new roster, a new coach, and a new designatio...
Aug 19, 2023
City of Nanaimo adjusts LED street light conversion strategy, now being done on as needed basis
NANAIMO - While City crews continue exchanging old high-pressure sodium street lights in favour of LED models, their approach has changed. The City’s transportation manager Jamie Rose said with ...
Aug 18, 2023
Wildfire smoke from B.C. interior expected through Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Smoke from potentially devastating wildfires burning through B.C.’s interior is expected to make its arrival over Vancouver Island over the weekend. According to FireSmoke.ca, an incre...
Aug 18, 2023
‘It was a devastating night:’ McDougall Creek wildfire surges as thousands evacuated from West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Thousands have been evacuated from their homes and an unspecified number of properties lost as flames from the McDougall Creek wildfire continue to spread. Evacuation alerts and orders ...
Aug 18, 2023
Properties lost, thousands evacuated as massive wildfire threatens Kelowna area
VERNON - NanaimoNewsNOW’s sister station in Vernon is tracking wildfire developments through the Okanagan, including a rapidly growing fire between Kelowna and West Kelowna. A state of emergency...
Aug 18, 2023
