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Every fall thousands of fresh water Kokanee salmon spawn in the Okanagan, Sydney Morton takes us to Mission Creek Regional Park where a festival is being held to welcome their return.

RCMP in Kelowna investigate an attempted sexual assault on the Mission Creek Greenway, concerns have been raised about floating bus stops in Kelowna, on streets with bike lanes, and the Kelowna Garden Club turns 100.

“His mission was to attack, hurt, injure, those with whom he had a grievance. It’s as simple as that.” Myles Sanderson’s motives for killing his victims released on day five of the coroner’s inquest surrounding the stabbings at James Smith Cree Nation.

It’s a case of human intervention in the wild that has been suddenly been abandoned. For more than a decade, a pond in Kelowna’s Mission Creek park has annually been filled with trout and fresh water. But the taps that kept the pond filled have been turned off, leaving wildlife in the lurch and the...

The City of Kelowna and the Regional District of the Central Okangan have stepped in with two temporary measures to ensure that the two ponds in Mission Creek Regional Park don’t continue to dry up.

Exactly ten days after she went missing, the body of Chelsea Cardno was located on a farmer’s flooded property next to Mission Creek yesterday evening, close to the area where she and her dog went for a walk on the morning of June 14th. Her family, who has worked tirelessly to find her since that...

A young couple became stranded on a sandbar while floating down Mission Creek in dinghies. Watch as the fire department works to get them to shore.

Signs warning drivers of water on the road have been placed at Casorso Road near Swamp Road in Kelowna. Mission Creek has begun flooding the forest north of Casorso and the water has now reached the road.

A warning from officials after two people were swept away in a creek’s high waters. With the freshet underway, they’re worried more accidents like this could happen if people aren’t careful. Jules Knox reports on the alarming incident.

Saskatchewan RCMP have released the most detailed timeline yet of the September 2022 stabbing rampage in Melfort and James Smith Cree Nation. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others. The rapid, chaotic events of Sanderson’s murderous mission, what’s still unknown, and the lingering questions about the RCMP’s response. While polls suggest the desire...

A large crowd gathered at the Mission Creek Greenway in Kelowna Saturday morning to help search for a 31-year-old woman who’s been missing since Tuesday and her dog.

Executives from Air Canada, WestJet and Sunwing are apologizing for the mass flight disruptions thousands of travellers endured in December 2022. What the execs were blaming for the chaos, and what one Saskatchewan couple did after their Caribbean vacation was cancelled. A hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ontario has erupted in flames, forcing people...

The annual Kikinee Festival returned to Mission Creek Regional Park on Saturday. The free event was an opportunity to learn more about kokanee salmon and why they’re so important to the Okanagan.

Okanagan Lake is rising and Mission Creek is flowing at a rapid pace. Central Okanagan residents are being warned to fortify flood protection ahead of an expected wind event Tuesday night with the possibility of thunderstorms.

‘Fluctuating’ is how officials are describing the level of Okanagan Lake after it dipped by a fraction in the past day or so. The level and flow of Mission Creek are also falling — so much so that an evacuation alert has been rescinded for most properties at the mouth of the creek. We visited...

B.C. Wildfire Service crews were laying more sandbags, aqua dams and pumps along Mission Creek in Kelowna Tuesday night in preparation for quickly rising water levels. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations said the forecast for heavy rain means properties in the region that have flooded before should be proactive and protect properties now, ahead of high...

Police are in Mission Creek looking for something but that’s all they’re saying. RCMP released a text shortly before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday saying that divers are in Mission Creek at the Ecocentre on Springfield Road.

Regional District crews shore up sections of Mission Creek in Kelowna as water levels rise.

A local state of emergency has been declared for Kelowna in response to localized flooding. Banks along Mission Creek burst Tuesday morning, flooding several properties and roadways.

The Regional District of Central Okanagan, in partnership with the City of Kelowna, have begun the process of returning flowing water to the fishing pond at Mission Creek Park.