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Mission RCMP say missing man located
UPDATE: 2:32 p.m. Monday, June 15, 2020 Mission RCMP say a missing 55-year-old man has…

New South Perimeter road in Kelowna will improve safety; won’t do much for traffic jams
KELOWNA – South Perimeter Way will go ahead in the Mission but residents who think…

New middle school in Kelowna’s Mission has name
KELOWNA – The Central Okanagan school district has announced the name of the new middle…

McDONALD: History shows, if you let your (fire) guard down too soon, you will get burned
OPINION At least part of me wasn’t sure I should write this, given what happened…

1,000 Kelowna residents say Upper Mission deer population is out of control
KELOWNA – More than 1,000 Kelowna residents are fed up with what they say is…

B.C. ELECTION 2017: Kelowna-Mission NDP candidate says struggles brought her to politics
KELOWNA – Harwinder Sandhu held her ground when the angry old man muttered that the…

B.C. ELECTION 2017: Kelowna-Mission candidate Steve Thomson was once a rugby-playing farmer
KELOWNA – Rugby coaches put their workhorses on the second row. It’s a position that…

New resort planned for Kelowna’s Mission area
KELOWNA – A new 350-unit lakeside community resort is being planned for Kelowna's Mission area. …

Kelowna cops looking for witnesses to collision in the Mission
KELOWNA – No one was badly hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Kelowna’s Mission neighbourhood…

Roads closed after utility lines knocked down in the Mission
KELOWNA – A couple of roads in the Mission were closed after a truck took…

Over-heating pumps threaten water service in the Mission
KELOWNA - A faulty pump motor is forcing the City of Kelowna to spend $300,000 on an additional pump for the Cedar Creek lake intake. Failure to do so, could leave parts of the Mission and the South Slopes without drinking water and fire protection service, utility planning manager Andrew Reeder says, in a report...

Road rush by developers could push South Perimeter to top of list
TRAFFIC RELIEF FOR THE MISSION? KELOWNA — Kelowna city councillors have paved the way for the so-called South Perimeter Road to jump ahead of other roadways projects in the Mission by authorizing staff to accelerate its design and begin negotiations with property developers pushing for the project. Property developers approached council in the fall about...

UPDATE: Body found in burning truck
KELOWNA - The RCMP and the coroner are investigating after a man's body was discovered in a burning truck in Kelowna, though police don't suspect foul play. Fire crews were called Saturday at around 6:07 p.m. to the truck, which was found engulfed in flames Casorso Road at Barrera Road near Casorso Elementary School in...

Test results back on trees suspected of being poisoned
KELOWNA – Test results on a stand of trees the City believes were poisoned to improve someone’s view of the lake last month have come back inconclusive. Environment manager Todd Cashin says they still believe the trees were vandalized but whoever did it must have used a chemical that is quite common and ultimately untraceable....

Suspicious fire at Kelowna care home
KELOWNA – Staff and residents at a Kelowna care home in the Mission were forced to evacuate Saturday after a small, deliberately set fire. Kelowna Fire Rescue received an alarm from the White Heather Care Home at 3728 Casorso Rd. The small fire in the activity room was put out by the building’s sprinkler system...