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Search for missing Okanagan senior continues – Okanagan [Video]

The search for a missing senior continued in the Okanagan on Saturday.

Allan Francescutti, 79, was last seen on April 16 and was reported missing on April 21.

Two days later, on Tuesday, April 23, police said he may have travelled to the Mabel Lake and Shuswap Falls area as recently as April 12.

However, later that day, RCMP updated their information, saying his vehicle had been found in the Dee Lake area, which is approximately a 70-minute drive northeast of downtown Kelowna.

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Central Okanagan Search and Rescue is also involved in the search.

On Saturday, COSAR said more than 50 searchers, dog teams and ATV teams are continuing to look for Francescutti.

The organization said it was hailing Saturday morning at Dee Lee, and that searchers are having difficulties making …

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Canadas wildfire season re-erupts forcing thousands from homes, prompting air quality alerts in northern US [Video]

Wildfires in western Canada forced thousands of people from their homes as local officials said the combination of the weather and dry conditions led to an extreme threat from blazes. An evacuation alert was issued for Fort McMurray in Alberta as crews responded to what they described as an "out-of-control wildfire" southwest of town that had burned more than 13,500 acres as of Sunday.