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The child is being identified as Kash Bakker by friends through an online fundraiser that has now been launched to help the grieving family.

COSAR says most requests took place in the Central Okanagan, though it also assisted with searches in Vernon and Rock Creek.

Salmon Arm RCMP say they received a tip from the public that a male and a female walked away from a fire on Monday.

'We are very happy today to have the positive changes announced to the (evacuation) orders and alerts,' said the mayor of Osoyoos, Sue McKortoff.

“The death appears to be an isolated incident,” said Staff Sgt. Jason Smart of the RCMP’s Southeast District Major Crime Unit,

“The fire along the southern flank is not showing any significant growth towards populated areas,” the regional district said on Saturday.

The event goes from 5-9:30 p.m., on Saturday, July 29. Money raised will go the S.S. Sicamous Marine Heritage Park for restoration work and park upgrades.

At the same time of the fire, WKFR assisted BC Ambulance in rescuing an injured mountain biker in the Smith Creek trail system.

Rhonda Malesku said she purchased her lucky ticket at Walmart on Hillside Drive in Kamloops while shopping for beach towels.

Police say the dog – named Three Leg – had been left behind during the evacuation.