News Items tag as: flooding 2018

Flood protection measures on Kelowna's Mill Creek will continue into next year
June 01, 2018 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA - Mill Creek may have behaved itself this spring by mostly staying within its banks but that’s likely thanks to the remedial measures begun in haste in late March.
Keep your guard up Okanagan, flood threat not entirely over
May 25, 2018 - 1:00 PM

OKANAGAN - A mainly warm, dry long-range forecast means properties on Okanagan Lake are likely to avoid water levels similar to 2017.
Soldiers join flood fight in West Kelowna
May 18, 2018 - 9:03 AM

WEST KELOWNA - Canadian military personnel have begun assisting with emergency flood measures in the Central Okanagan.
Officials now predict Okanagan Lake may near 2017 historic flooding
May 17, 2018 - 11:38 AM

OKANAGAN - The water level in Okanagan Lake is officially expected to reach 343 metres, just 25 centimetres lower than last year’s record flood and could go higher still.
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The moon will be eclipsed over Kamloops, Okanagan tonight
- This article was first published May 7, 2022. There will be a lunar eclipse on May 15 when the moon falls into the earth’s cone-shaped shadow, and it will be happening at a reasonable hour for skywatchers in Kamloops and the Oka

Hugely-popular Vernon night market returns this summer
After a very successful run last year the Polson Artisan Night Market returns to the Vernon park next week. Co-founder Mayla Janzen said she started the market as a way to sell her handmade blankets during the pandemic when all the craft sh

Cartels in Oregon are morphing their pot-growing ops: police
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law enforcement officials said Thursday. New challenges are emerging as a t

Why Kelowna may be heading toward a downtown highrise overbuild
The most visible sign that Kelowna is the fastest growing major metropolitan area in Canada with the third-fastest growing downtown core is the plethora of highrises that are not only under construction but in the works. There are 25 highri

Flood protection measures on Kelowna's Mill Creek will continue into next year