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Called 'Prairie Robotics', the system involves mounted cameras that capture images of material going into the recycling g trucks.

An air quality advisory remains in effect for much of the area, including the Central, South, and North Okanagan, as wildfire smoke continues to drift in.

“I was like, this is going to start a fire,” Johansen recalled. “I just had a weird feeling that something bad was going to happen from it.”

The Central Okanagan Regional District has activated its emergency operations centre, and says municipal and BC Wildfire Service firefighters are responding. 

The units for sale at the Playa building units are contributing to an increasingly saturated condo market in the Kelowna area.

BC Emergency Health Services says of the 13 people injured, five were taken to hospital in stable condition, while an additional seven were taken to hospital in good condition.

Residents of more than 50 homes in the Peachland area have been allowed to return home after they were hurried out overnight due to a wildfire.

“Step up and show some real action toward resolving this so we can start building our building and get people home,” said Lake Okanagan community member.

For kids with different abilities, playgrounds can be full of limitations. The new accessible playground at Mission Creek Regional Park is now open to change that.

'When Highway 97 shuts down, there is an impact — and it hurts our citizens,' said Dan Albas, Conservative MP for Okanagan Lake West-South Kelowna.

There are currently more than 120 wildfires in the province, 10 per cent of which are burning out of control, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.

Two wildfires that have forced people out of their homes in B.C. are now classified as being held.

The deadline to adopt a duck for the Make a Splash fundraiser is Friday, and the big duck race on the lazy river at H20 Adventure & Fitness Centre takes place Saturday.

B.C.'s health minister is again being called on to visit Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) amid an ongoing pediatric crisis.

The Drought Hill wildfire broke out around 2 p.m. on Wednesday along Highway 97. Officials believe it was sparked by a vehicle towing a trailer.

Over 35,000 lightning strikes since Wednesday have sparked 65 new wildfires across B.C., prompting evacuations and a state of emergency near Cameron Lake.

Lytton upheld its reputation as Canada's hot spot, recording the highest temperature across the country this year amid an ongoing heat wave that is scorching much of the province.

The number of active wildfires in British Columbia continues to spike after high temperatures and lightning strikes this week, with about 120 blazes burning in the province.

The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has leapt by about 10 following several days of hot, sunny weather.

On Wednesday, a driver of a recycling truck was forced to urgently dump a big load of material in a Kelowna school parking lot after flames erupted inside the vehicle.