Aberdeen Publishing The Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society (OASISS) reports that Okanagan Lake is free of invasive mussels this year. So is Skaha Lake, Osoyoos Lake, Wood Lake and Kalamalka Lake. “We are thrilled that our lakes remain free ...
Don Urquhart You’ve probably heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a 1.6 million square kilometre patch of plastic and floating trash in the Pacific Ocean – but here in the waterways of the Okanagan we have our own ...
Okanagan Lake is now three centimetres above full pool and is expected to continue to rise through the next week, according to Central Okanagan Emergency Operations. The lake has reached a level of 342.51 metres. “We’re expecting a couple more ...
Jake Courtepatte A 52-year old man who went missing on May 15 in Okanagan Lake is now presumed to have drowned. The search continued into Monday morning for the man, who was taking part in some recreational diving near the ...
Joanne Layh A handful of residents lined the beach on March 31 to witness an SUV sink into the lake at the Todd’s campground boat launch, most puzzled about what was happening because there was no boat in sight. Kelly ...
Peachland View The body of a 33-year-old Alberta man who failed to resurface while cliff jumping near Rattlesnake Island on Saturday has now been recovered from Okanagan Lake. The Alberta man’s body was recovered from Okanagan Lake this afternoon after ...
Joanne Layh With a chance of showers forecast for the weekend, rising lake levels continue to be a concern for municipalities along Okanagan Lake. District of Peachland staff were at Swim Bay this morning to install concrete no-posts (highway barricades) ...
Joanne Layh Freshet is well underway in the region and that has local governments monitoring rising lake levels closely. Cheryl Wiebe, director of community services, says the District of Peachland has some flood protection measures already established along the shoreline. ...
Peachland View A 25-year-old male driver and a passenger were sent to hospital for treatment of minor injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in ended up in the lake last Saturday night as the result of a single-vehicle accident. ...
It wasn’t an agenda item, but at last Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting, Coun. Terry Condon asked staff about the prognosis for any flooding this year, and specifically requested an update on the current state of the snowpack, the ...
BC’s Forest Practices Board says it has conducted an investigation into the impacts of forestry activities on drinking water from the Peachland and Trepanier watersheds and has found that forest licensees did a good job of minimizing the impacts of ...
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is calling on the province for additional regulations to further protect our waters after 10 watercraft were intercepted coming into B.C. in recent months carrying adult invasive mussels. Two of the 10 were headed ...
Peachland’s shoreline plan is now complete and work is set to continue in the fall to address significant damage that occurred to the foreshore adjacent to 8th and 13th Streets resulting from a significant flood event on June 8, 2017. ...
Stephanie MacKay locks eyes with Carla Marshall and counts to three. Desperate to save a life, the perfect strangers take a deep breath and dive for the bottom of Lake Okanagan, about 40 feet from shore along Beach Avenue north ...
If there’s one thing Peachlanders are serious about, it’s their view. Highway 97 is probably up there too, these days, but from the top of Pincushion Hill the tiny grey band looks more like a pluck-worthy hair than something to ...
