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Kal Beach Pier is one of the most recognizable tourist attractions in the Okanagan, being featured in several promotional adverts (Kalamalkalake Photo).

Kal Beach Pier upgrade being floated

The potential new pier will cost up to $500,000, according to the District of Coldstream

 

Smoke can be seen from Sparkling Hill Resort and Spa on the other side of Okanagan Lake. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

Fire spotted near Parker Cove by Okanagan Lake

The fire started around 5:30 a.m.

 

The Rotary Pier at Kal Beach is in need of $500,000 worth of repairs, according to a report to District of Coldstream council in December 2022. (District of Coldstream photo)

North Okanagan areas chip in $70,000 for Kal Lake pier rebuild

Rebuilding the iconic pier is expected to cost $500,000

 

Vernon ultra athlete Shanda Hill and some of her lake-dipping friends cut a large smile into a huge chunk of ice on Coldstream’s Kalamalka Lake. Of course, the event wasn’t complete without a dip through the eyes. (Screen shot)

VIDEO: Okanagan athlete puts smile on (chunk of) ice

Vernon’s Shanda Hill and friends cut huge happy face into big ice flow on local lake, then go for dip

Vernon ultra athlete Shanda Hill and some of her lake-dipping friends cut a large smile into a huge chunk of ice on Coldstream’s Kalamalka Lake. Of course, the event wasn’t complete without a dip through the eyes. (Screen shot)
Jake Evans and son Damien after taking a winter's dip in Skaha Lake. (Submitted)

Penticton father and son break through ice to have their weekly swim

Jake Evans and son Damien have been cold water swimming for 2 years now

Jake Evans and son Damien after taking a winter's dip in Skaha Lake. (Submitted)
148 sample tests were taken on Okanagan lakes this year for invasive mussels. (Neil Bousquet/Submitted)

Okanagan lakes remain mussel-free

Five lakes tested for invasive species

148 sample tests were taken on Okanagan lakes this year for invasive mussels. (Neil Bousquet/Submitted)
Vernon company Carpe D’Wine is giving singles in three different age groups a chance to speed date and meet people with a two-hour cruise of Okanagan Lake on three consecutive nights in August. (Contributed)

Vernon speed dating boat cruise on schedule

Tour of OK Lake will take 10 men, 10 women on three straight nights in three age categories

Vernon company Carpe D’Wine is giving singles in three different age groups a chance to speed date and meet people with a two-hour cruise of Okanagan Lake on three consecutive nights in August. (Contributed)
The Kal Classic (Contributed)

Ready, set, paddle! Kalamalka Classic hits the water in Vernon this weekend

The festival kicks off Friday with a Spirit Paddle

  • Aug 15, 2022
The Kal Classic (Contributed)
Vaseux Lake is ready for use again thanks to the return of a milfoil harvester for the first time in 30 years. (Photo- Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association)

South Okanagan lake ready for easy use again after 30 years

Milfoil harvesting will resume at Vaseux Lake, south of Okanagan Falls

Vaseux Lake is ready for use again thanks to the return of a milfoil harvester for the first time in 30 years. (Photo- Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association)
Vernon company Carpe D’Wine is giving singles in three different age groups a chance to speed date and meet people with a two-hour cruise of Okanagan Lake on three consecutive nights in August. (Contributed)

Vernon company speeds up romance possibilities with lake cruise

Two-hour cruises on OK Lake in August will be for men and women in three different age brackets

Vernon company Carpe D’Wine is giving singles in three different age groups a chance to speed date and meet people with a two-hour cruise of Okanagan Lake on three consecutive nights in August. (Contributed)
Interior Health and the District of Lake Country continue to monitor the algae bloom on Wood Lake (Vernon Morning Star)

Caution urged with visible algae blooms on Wood Lake

Lake Country, RDCO, and Interior Health are monitoring the lake

  • Jun 19, 2022
Interior Health and the District of Lake Country continue to monitor the algae bloom on Wood Lake (Vernon Morning Star)
(File photo)

Missing person in Okanagan Lake

The specific location in Okanagan Lake is unknown

(File photo)
Watch the colourful sails fill the north end of Okanagan Lake this weekend during the Vernon Regatta at the Vernon Yacht Club with 25 boats signed up and racing Friday Saturday and Sunday. (File photo)

Vernon Regatta sets sail with record entries

At least 25 sailboats expected to compete in three days of racing on Okanagan Lake at Vernon Yacht Club

Watch the colourful sails fill the north end of Okanagan Lake this weekend during the Vernon Regatta at the Vernon Yacht Club with 25 boats signed up and racing Friday Saturday and Sunday. (File photo)
The ministry of environment has stopped short of adopting the Okanagan Basin Water Board recommendation of mandatory watercraft inspections for detection of invasive mussels. (File photo)

Province rejects mandatory watercraft invasive mussel inspections

Environment minister says other options being pursued

The ministry of environment has stopped short of adopting the Okanagan Basin Water Board recommendation of mandatory watercraft inspections for detection of invasive mussels. (File photo)
(Stock Photo)

Man dies after vehicle crashes into Okanagan Lake near Peachland

The incident happened around 10:15 p.m., Thursday

(Stock Photo)
Smoke continues to be visible from the White Rock Lake wildfire, as pictured on the Westside across Okanagan Lake Tuesday, Sept. 7. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Vernon Mayor raises concerns over low Okanagan Lake levels

Traditional spawning beds drying out due to low water

Smoke continues to be visible from the White Rock Lake wildfire, as pictured on the Westside across Okanagan Lake Tuesday, Sept. 7. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
A water advisory has been posted for Okanagan Beach between the SS Sicamous and the Peach following a test conducted on June 29, 2021 that identified higher than normal levels of bacteria. (Jesse Day - Western News)

Excessive levels of E. coli at Penticton’s Okanagan Beach prompts warning

Five times the acceptable amount of E. coli was found in the water at Okanagan Beach

A water advisory has been posted for Okanagan Beach between the SS Sicamous and the Peach following a test conducted on June 29, 2021 that identified higher than normal levels of bacteria. (Jesse Day - Western News)
District of Coldstream municipal offices. (Morning Star file photo)

Coldstream staff recommend cutting outdated, conflicting policies

Staff report also calls for Kal Lake access protections in the next Official Community Plan

District of Coldstream municipal offices. (Morning Star file photo)
The City of Vernon is taking a close look at six high-priority Okanagan Lake access points, including three sites along Tronson Road (pictured above) in May 2021. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon council’s tour of Okanagan Lake access points paused, for now

All 6 access points were identified as ideal for recreation; the discussion was put back 2 weeks as council sought liability information

The City of Vernon is taking a close look at six high-priority Okanagan Lake access points, including three sites along Tronson Road (pictured above) in May 2021. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Volunteers and equipment work hard on July 24, 2020, to create a turtle nesting site at the Shuswap’s Gardom Lake to prevent turtles from having to cross the road where they’re often killed. (Contributed)

The turtle didn’t cross the road, thanks to a Shuswap group

Gardom Lake volunteers create nesting site to help protect species under threat

Volunteers and equipment work hard on July 24, 2020, to create a turtle nesting site at the Shuswap’s Gardom Lake to prevent turtles from having to cross the road where they’re often killed. (Contributed)
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