US EditionLake Okanagan Resort residents still can't rebuild 2 years after wildfire
- Nearly 200 Lake Okanagan Resort residents remain displaced two years after the McDougall Creek wildfire due to a lack of water service.
- Residents express frustration that the Regional District of Central Okanagan has not yet addressed their needs for water infrastructure.
- Macklin McCall and other government leaders have shown support, but local authorities have not acted to facilitate recovery.
- The community is requesting the RDCO Board to establish a new water treatment facility and reimburse funds already spent by residents.
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BC Resort Destroyed by 2023 Wildfires Sues Insurance Company Over Shortage in Coverage
Owners of a B.C. resort destroyed in a 2023 wildfire have filed a civil lawsuit against an insurance company, saying a lack of coverage has prevented the rebuilding of the resort. The Lake Okanagan Resort was one of nearly 190 properties destroyed or damaged by the 139-square-kilometre (13,900 hectare) McDougall Creek wildfire that burned for weeks in August 2023. The lawsuit says most of the buildings and utilities at the resort were destroyed …
Winnipeg Sun
B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance 'gaps'
VANCOUVER -- A lakeside British Columbia resort that was destroyed by a wildfire in 2023 says it can't rebuild due to "gaps" in its insurance coverage that it allegedly wasn't told about.
The Hamilton Spectator
B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance ‘gaps’
VANCOUVER - A lakeside British Columbia resort that was destroyed by a wildfire in 2023 says it can't rebuild due to "gaps" in its insurance coverage that it allegedly wasn't told about.
B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance 'gaps' – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — A lakeside British Columbia resort that was destroyed by a wildfire in 2023 says it can’t rebuild due to “gaps” in its insurance coverage that it allegedly wasn’t told about. Lake Okanagan Resort and a related holding company say in a lawsuit filed last week in B.C. Supreme Court that its parent company had a “long-standing” relationship with Western Financial Group, the insurance firm named as a defendant in the notice of civil clai…
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