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Drowning
Man missing after Shuswap boat crash presumed drowned: RCMP
SICAMOUS – A 33-year-old man is presumed drowned following a two-boat collision on Shuswap Lake…
Why an Okanagan paddle boarder tried to give a Peachland lifeguard $1,000
HE WAS ABOUT TO DIE, THEN THOUGHT OF HIS SON: "THAT'S WHEN MY HEART JUST…
UPDATE: West Kelowna’s Skate for Jaxsn memorial postponed
WEST KELOWNA – A skate for Jaxsn Cahill, the teen who drowned in Okanagan Lake…
Kelowna Mounties look for witnesses to near-drowning in Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA – A summer swim took a near-deadly turn Sunday when a man found submerged…
Friend recalls moments before university student drowned in North Thompson River in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — After a night celebrating a friend’s birthday, Mubashir Rahman decided it was time…
Missing student’s body found in North Thompson River
KAMLOOPS – Police found the body of a missing student who drowned in the North…
Police release identity of woman whose body was found in Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA – Police have released the identity of the woman who was found in Okanagan…
BREAKING: Beckett guilty of first degree murder of his wife
KELOWNA – Peter Beckett has been found guilty of first degree murder of his wife. …
Body of Alberta tourist pulled from Wood Lake in Lake Country
LAKE COUNTRY – Rescuers were unable to save the life of an Alberta man who…
Police informant spells out plot to intimidate witnesses in drowning murder trial in Kelowna
KELOWNA – There was more colourful and candid testimony today from a career-criminal-turned-informant at a…
Edmonton man drowns while swimming at West Kelowna campground
WEST KELOWNA – Several bystanders jumped into Okanagan Lake in West Kelowna yesterday evening in…
UPDATE: Man drowns in Shuswap Lake while on camping trip
SHUSWAP – Over the Canada Day long weekend a man from Surrey drowned while in…
UPDATE: Body of man who drowned during Canada Day on South Thompson River recovered
KAMLOOPS – One man drowned in the South Thompson River on Canada Day after falling into…
UPDATE: Drowning in Okanagan River Channel
PENTICTON – A man pulled from the Okanagan River Channel in Penticton this afternoon has…
Transportation Safety Board team arrive at scene of Tolko fatality
KELOWNA – A two-person team of investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada arrived…
Cooler summer behind drop in Thompson-Okanagan drowning deaths
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Cooler weather this summer may have dampened a few vacation plans, but it…
Tourist who drowned in Skaha Lake last week identified
PENTICTON – The man who drowned in Skaha Lake last week has been identified. Flaviu…
Dive team on site of possible Lake Country drowning
LAKE COUNTRY – A search of Lake Okanagan resumed this morning after a woman did…
West Kelowna man drowns in Okanagan Lake
WEST KELOWNA – A man seen diving into Okanagan Lake died after not resurfacing last…
Rafting accident claims life of Kelowna man ahead of wedding
KELOWNA – Less than a month before he was set to be married, a young Kelowna man has drowned while white-water rafting near Golden over the weekend. Rene Bourgault was rafting with three other people in Kicking Horse River Sunday, Aug. 16 when the group was thrown into the water roughly ten kilometres east of...
HELSTON: What you can learn from a near tragedy on Okanagan Lake
Warnings to stay safe on the water have become to summer what drunk driving campaigns are to Christmas and telephone scam alerts are to grandparents. They’re good and important messages, but ones that tend to lose their kick over time like an old wind-up toy. Organizations work hard to find new ways of connecting these...
Despite a spike in water-related deaths, drownings down overall
VERNON - A number of water-related deaths in the Thompson-Okanagan over the past month have brought the topic to the forefront of many people’s minds, but the province’s Lifesaving Society says the number of drowning deaths is actually down considerably so far this year. Just this past weekend, a 27-year-old man was critically injured while...
UPDATE: Kelowna man in critical condition after free diving accident near Paul’s Tomb
KELOWNA – RCMP have confirmed a man free diving in Okanagan Lake in Kelowna Sunday is in hospital in critical condition. Police did not name the man but said the 27-year-old was submerged for several minutes before being brought to the surface by his girlfriend, who is also a free diver. “After several minutes she...
Adams Lake drowning victim saved grandson after boat capsized
KAMLOOPS - Michael Treseng died doing what he loved most at Adams Lake, spending time with his family camping and fishing. His wife, Debby Carr, said he was always teaching his grandchildren gardening and fishing once the 56-year-old Clearwater man retired from a life’s work with Canadian National Railway. “He was probably the biggest-hearted man...