Police are on scene at an orchard near Cooper Road and Benvoulin Road this afternoon where a body was found. Police are considering the death suspicious. | Photographer: Adam Proskiw

Kelowna RCMP investigating after body found in local orchard

KELOWNA – RCMP are treating a death as suspicious after a body was found in a Kelowna orchard earlier today.

Kelowna RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey says in a press release police have not yet confirmed gender or age of the body found in the 2100 block of Cooper Rd. after police were called around 11 a.m. today, Oct. 11.

O’Donaghey says police have secured the scene and are waiting for the B.C. Coroners Service to arrive.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Kelowna RCMP at 250-762-3300.

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John McDonald

John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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