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Okanagan Lake
Kelowna developer wins fight with city over future road to second Okanagan Lake bridge
An Okanagan developer has won a legal battle against the City of Kelowna paving the…
British Columbia buys land to expand Okanagan Lake Park
British Columbia has bought more waterfront property on Okanagan Lake to add to its parks…
iN VIDEO: Young girls catch massive crayfish in Okanagan Lake
Laura Hecimovic and her family are spending their first summer in Summerland at their new…
Portion of one of Penticton’s busiest beaches closed due to E. coli
A swimming advisory has been issued for almost half of one of Penticton’s busiest beaches.…
Meet the captain of Okanagan Lake’s ice cream boat
Ryan Upsdell is the captain of Kelowna’s first ice cream boat called the Purple Penguin.…
76th annual Across the Lake Swim this weekend in Kelowna
Canada's largest and longest open water swim returns to Okanagan Lake this weekend for its…
Jet skier fined nearly $300 for unsafe tubing on Okanagan Lake
A jet skier was fined after police saw them dangerously towing someone on a tube…
Diving into Okanagan, Kamloops area lakes to beat the heat? Watch out for swimmer’s itch
Lake lovers in Kamloops and the Okanagan are getting swimmers itch and no amount of…
Kelowna joins lobbying effort to get funding to fight invasive mussels
Kelowna's mayor is concerned about invasive zebra and quagga mussels in the Okanagan's lakes. Dyas brought…
Why Okanagan Lake doesn’t freeze anymore
Don Knox remembers not only skating on a glassy smooth Okanagan Lake as a young…
iN PHOTOS: Funnels of steam spiral over Okanagan Lake delighting onlookers
South Okanagan residents spotted spouts of water vapour spiralling into the air over Okanagan Lake…
Road salt could send Okanagan down a slippery environmental slope
Continued use of road salt could spell bad news for local agriculture, aquatic life and…
Pickup with blown tire ends up in Okanagan Lake in Peachland
A collision on Highway 97 in Peachland yesterday evening caused a truck to take a…
City of Kelowna won court battle for public access to the waterfront, then blocks it off
The Hotel Eldorado and City of Kelowna spent two years waging a court battle over…
Okanagan Lake is deep enough to submerge the Great Pyramid of Giza, and then some
Okanagan Lake is the ninth deepest lake in all of Canada and the largest lake…
iN VIDEO: How Kelowna athlete is recovering after 70-hour Okanagan Lake swim
Kelowna ultra-endurance athlete Nick Pelletier is recovering and spending time with friends and family after…
Kelowna man eyes Guinness record for swimming length of Okanagan Lake
If you see an 18-person crew out on Okanagan Lake moving together in kayaks and…
Two missing after storm capsizes kayak, fishing vessel on Vernon lakes
Two people are missing following separate boating incidents that took place on lakes in Vernon…
Okanagan Lake starting to recover from unusually low water level
It’s been a struggle this month for Shaun Reimer to get Okanagan Lake levels to…
Stranded floaters rescued on Okanagan Lake near Vernon during storm
The storm that swept through the North Okanagan last night also swept away some floaters…
Woman injured in West Kelowna boat crash saved by off-duty lifeguard
An off-duty lifeguard is being awarded after he saved a woman who was ejected from…
11 people rescued from capsized pontoon boat on Okanagan Lake
All 11 people on a rented pontoon boat were rescued after it overturned in Okanagan…
Wettest June in almost a decade pushing Thompson, Okanagan waterways near flood levels
So far this month, 63.9 millimetres of rain have fallen on the Kelowna Airport. That’s…
Central Okanagan MLAs see need for second Okanagan Lake crossing
Two out of three Liberal MLAs representing the Central Okanagan want the province to at…