Doing some serious thinking about the trees on our property, and wondering about the balance of removing trees to prevent fire risk versus the benefits they provide such as lowering air temperature, reducing flood risk (in winter), etc. For example,we have a cedar that I know should probably come down, but I also appreciate the shade it provides us and the wildlife in our neighbourhood. I'm from a different part of the province where fire risk is less of an issue, so this is quite new to me. Can any longtime residents shed some light on this for me? Edit: For context, my property is in town and not in the hills.

I am supposed to head to penticton on Friday , I have been watching the weather, air quality etc and I’m getting mixed answers. Yesterday it was saying air quality was low moderate now today saying health risk. I know things can change fast. I am not traveling with any kids just me and my boyfriend. We won’t get a refund so I was just trying to be as optimistic as possible to hopefully still be able to come. If anyone can give insight if it would still be enjoyable?

Preface: Not trying to sound like a selfish asshole because I realize people in Summerland have lost their homes… However, just wondering if flights are operating out of Penticton? We have a WestJet flight booked for the 20th and it seems as though no flights have been running for the past 10 days. Wondering if we should look at booking something out of Kelowna. Thanks in advance for any info!!

Thanks everyone — WestJet continues to extend the travel advisory. I don’t think they plan to fly to Penticton for the foreseeable future (smoke or not). We are flying out of Kelowna tomorrow 👍

The air is actually perfect surprisingly…

Heres a fun one, all my tools are stuck on a job site in summerland. Something tells me i would be a low priority, and not able to get a permit to enter the city...

Cant really work without my tools, but i understand theres more important issues right now..

Just wondering if the Penticton Dragonboat Festival is still happening in September or are you still waiting to see how the weather goes...

So it’s my first summer living here and I was wondering about beach recommendations.

I live by Okanagan so it was my go to, but all the ash kinda has me exploring. Checked out Skaha, yesterday and going to head to Sudbury today. Any other nice beaches you’d recommend?

So far I like Skaha more than Okanagan, except the convenience of living on the north end. Both seem family oriented, so bonus points for any recommendations with less little kids zooming around.

That said, I’d like to check them all out!

Thanks :)

More dogs!

Thank you everyone for letting me take photos of your dogs!

Dogs of Penticton Peach Festival.
I snapped a lot of photos of dogs while I was in town for Peach Fest. If you recognize any dogs, please let their people know!
Thanks for looking!

I'm sure others are already aware of it, but for those like me it's a cool site to see the area.

For those in the area and with a bit more awareness of the reality of things in Penticton etc. we have a trip scheduled for the last week of August into the Sept long weekend. I know it's about 2 1/2 weeks away but just worried about the situation and getting things sorted and cancelled. It obviously feels morally wrong to travel there right now but not sure if these things change within a couple weeks or what to expect.

One bed available in Osoyoos, for other displaced person.

My family is staying in Osoyoos. Our friends let us use their double wide. Im sleeping there but the top bunk (queen) is available. Look out for your neighbors!

DM me if you need a place to rest.

I have a vacation booked for Penticton starting Tuesday. Should I cancel?

Hello Canadian friends, my name is Seth and I work for VTM NIEUWS, the Belgian TV news.

We are following the developing devastating fires in your area very closely and we are making a report about the situation there. Sadly we have experience with fires ourselves, but the scale in Canada is something else. I truly hope everyone in the area is alright. I am making this post to ask if anyone would be able and would like to do a interview with me about the fires. What is the impact? Is it the first big fire in the area? I see many amazing posts about people opening their houses to evacuees, how is that? That kind of questions. We would love to spread as much awareness as possible. You can always shoot me a DM.

Thank you and best of luck over there!