Fire that triggered evacuations and shut Kelowna, B.C., airport brought under control

KELOWNA — The BC Wildfire Service says a blaze that shut down Kelowna’s airport and triggered a handful of tactical evacuations has been brought under control.
Police began telling residents to get out on Sunday afternoon and later that night the Regional District of Central Okanagan ordered residents out of homes at seven addresses at risk from the Whelan Creek wildfire.
That evacuation order was downgraded to an alert as of 5 p.m. Monday, and those residents will join people living