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Kelowna residents take part in wildfire evacuation drill (Kelowna)

Around 40 households in the Wilden and Magic Estates neighbourhoods took part in a large-scale wildfire evacuation drill on Saturday morning, organized by the Kelowna Fire Department to test community preparedness.The exercise, held in partnership with the National Research Council of Canada, br...

Mounties say Salmon Arm woman caught drunk driving tried to give cops a fake name, birthday (Salmon Arm)

Mounties say a prohibited driver was arrested after she gave police a fake name and birthday during a roadside sobriety check.Salmon Arm RCMP said officers on patrol stopped a white Chevrolet Trailblazer to assess the sobriety of the driver on Sept. 22 at about 10:45 p.m.“The driver to...