Osoyoos Lake

• Body recovered from Osoyoos Lake identified as missing man

  Police say they're working with the B.C. Coroners Service to determine how, where and when Carlos Tomas Aranda Burgoin of Mexico died.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2023
  
• Volunteers wanted in Okanagan to monitor invasive mussels

  The Okanagan Basin Water Board is funding a project to monitor lakes in the Okanagan for invasive mussels through its ‘Don’t Move a Mussel’ campaign.

  Environment

  Jul 18, 2023
  
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• Conservation society purchases 16 hectares in South Okanagan

  The Southern Interior Land Trust announced that it purchased a stretch of land along Highway 3, around three kilometres southeast of Osoyoos.

  Environment

  Nov 2, 2022
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• Cross-border waterway forum returns to Osoyoos, B.C.

  Residents who live near Osoyoos Lake, on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, are in Osoyoos this week to discuss the health of the international waterway that connects them.

  Environment

  Oct 28, 2022
• Work underway to fix flooded pedestrian path in Osoyoos, B.C.

  Floodwaters in 2018 overtopped a road and pedestrian pathway at Osoyoos Lake, causing damage to the retaining wall. The regional district has now begun working on repairs.

  Environment

  Oct 18, 2022
• Hundreds of salmon washing up on beaches in Osoyoos, B.C.

  Over 400,000 Okanagan salmon are destined for Osoyoos Lake and about 40 have been washing up each day this week. A senior biologist refers to it as “the squeeze.”

  Environment

  Aug 25, 2022
• Accused South Okanagan shooter apprehended: RCMP

  Steven Marlo Gallagher, the suspect in a Canada Day shooting near Osoyoos, is now in custody, RCMP announced Thursday. 

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2022
• RCMP investigating Osoyoos, B.C. shooting

  'The injury is non-life-threatening though the wounds are consistent with a shooting,' Osoyoos RCMP Sgt. Jason Bayda said Monday of a person rushed to hospital Friday.

  Crime

  Jul 5, 2022
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• ‘We want answers’: Family of Osoyoos drowning victim asks witnesses to come forward

  Bradley Ker, 31, was playing with his 2-year-old son in shallow water near the Nk’Mip RV Park, when he disappeared, on June 29.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2021
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• Chilliwack father drowns in Osoyoos Lake while on vacation

  Friends and family quickly located the man unresponsive in the lake. The water was less than waist deep, Bayda said.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2021