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Kelowna man penalized $5,000 for flying drone in active fire zone
A Kelowna, B.C., man who flew a drone from a boat on Okanagan Lake during the McDougall Creek wildfire in 2023 has been ordered to pay a penalty of $5,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kelowna-fire-drone-fine-9.7141019?cmp=rss

CBC British Columbia Feb 14

Kelowna drone pilot found guilty of wildfire interference recognizes seriousness of the case
A Kelowna, B.C., man who flew a drone from a boat on Okanagan Lake during the McDougall Creek wildfire in 2023 has been convicted of interfering with firefighting efforts.
#crime #wildfire #Kelowna #OkanaganLake
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drone-wildfire-kelowna-guilty-wildfire-act-9.7089933?cmp=rss

Mags at Large Oct 3, 2025

Beautiful #OkanaganLake in the beautiful #Okanagan and Beautiful #Music by Mags. Enjoy a few moments of #Calm

https://musicshop.themadmaggies.com/track/calm-on

🎶 ☠️💙 #BandCampFriday

Calm On, by the Mad Maggies

track by the Mad Maggies

the Mad Maggies

CBC Canada Aug 29, 2025

12 people taken to hospital after boat collision on Okanagan Lake
A dozen people were taken to hospital after two boats collided on Okanagan Lake near the William R. Bennett Bridge in Kelowna Wednesday night, according to B.C. Emergency Health Services.
#accident #water #transportation #OkanaganLake #Kelowna #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/boat-collision-hospitalizes-12-okanagan-lake-1.7619819?cmp=rss

CBC British Columbia Aug 29, 2025

12 people taken to hospital after boat collision on Okanagan Lake
A dozen people were taken to hospital after two boats collided on Okanagan Lake near the William R. Bennett Bridge in Kelowna Wednesday night, according to B.C. Emergency Health Services.
#accident #water #transportation #OkanaganLake #Kelowna #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/boat-collision-hospitalizes-12-okanagan-lake-1.7619819?cmp=rss

Mags at Large Aug 29, 2025

from @FixTheNews

This is such #GoodNews

"And sockeye salmon have returned to Okanagan Lake after a century, thanks to a new fish passageway built by the Syilx Nation in partnership with local and national authorities. This will allow steelhead, rainbow trout, sockeye salmon, chinook salmon and kokanee salmon to reach their historic spawning waters after crossing nine Columbia River dams."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sockeye-salmon-okanagan-lake-1.7614045

#Environment #Salmon #OkanaganLake #FirstNations #Penticton #SyilxNation

For the first time in over a century, sockeye salmon are able to return to Okanagan Lake | CBC News

After more than a century without salmon in Okanagan waters, a new fish passageway means that salmon and numerous other fish species will be able to migrate upstream to spawn.

CBC

CBC Top Stories Aug 29, 2025

12 people taken to hospital after boat collision on Okanagan Lake
A dozen people were taken to hospital after two boats collided on Okanagan Lake near the William R. Bennett Bridge in Kelowna Wednesday night, according to B.C. Emergency Health Services.
#accident #water #transportation #OkanaganLake #Kelowna #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/boat-collision-hospitalizes-12-okanagan-lake-1.7619819?cmp=rss

Edwin G.

Aug 21, 2025

A fish passageway built on Okanagan Lake by the Syilx Nation should allow salmon to return to the lake.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sockeye-salmon-okanagan-lake-1.7614045
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Un passage pour poissons construit sur le lac Okanagan par la nation Syilx permettra aux saumons de retourner au lac.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2186932/saumon-sockeye-okanagan-poisson?partageApp=mastodon&accesVia=lien

#Penticton #Syilx #OkanaganLake #LacOkanagan

For the first time in over a century, sockeye salmon are able to return to Okanagan Lake | CBC News

After more than a century without salmon in Okanagan waters, a new fish passageway means that salmon and numerous other fish species will be able to migrate upstream to spawn.

CBC