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If approved, the land swap between the city and a development company would see a portion of the Kelowna Springs Golf Course on Penno Road industrialized.

Three of the organization's service vehicles were badly damaged in a vandalism incident that happened sometime between midnight Friday and Saturday morning.

In a 7-2 vote, Kelowna city council overwhelmingly voted down the proposed amendment.

Her father, Ryan Marshall, says Lexi was once confident and outgoing, but that began to change when she entered middle school. She was 12 years old when she took her own life.

Residents in parts of British Columbia can expect a cold, wet and windy commute this morning as an atmospheric river approaches the coast.

In a surprising twist, Central Okanagan Search and Rescue says it was the same driver who required assistance from the same location just over a week earlier.

The new program will train more people to safely plan and carry out prescribed burns, create national training standards and provide hands-on experience in the field.

'Demand is real, it’s there,' Moss said. 'It’s driven by the cost of living and the cost of food. We feel like a bit of a broken record, but that is the reality of where we are.'

“It’s a huge concern. I think in the last year we’ve had probably a dozen like this, two currently missing,” said Central Okanagan Search and Rescue.

'So far this month we’ve had nine calls in 15 days,' said Duane Tresnich. Crews say unpredictable weather patterns are contributing to hazardous conditions in the backcountry.

'As we continue into the weekend, we’re going to see potential rain coming through, more so later into the week, like Sunday and Monday.'

“This is not talked about nearly enough,” Scott said. “It’s something that’s really coming to the forefront in more recent years.”

There has been minimal precipitation on Friday, but senior Global BC meteorologist Kristi Gordon says a few more showers are possible in the evening.

The drill also involved numerous support agencies, such as Emergency Social Services, Kelowna’s Fire Smart Program and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue.

Environment Canada has issued advisories covering parts of the central and northern Interior, including a snowfall warning for the areas around Williams Lake.

“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.”

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.

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.

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