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Body taken from creek

UPDATE: 6:05 p.m.

The Kelowna RCMP have turned over their investigation of the body found in Mission Creek to the BC Coroners Service, after deeming the death unsuspicious.

While the man has been identified by police, they will not be releasing his name until they have notified his family.  


UPDATE: 4:25 p.m.

A body was recovered from Mission Creek, near the Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan, off Springfield Road Thursday afternoon.

Emergency crews rushed to the park just before 3 p.m., finding a man's body in the creek. 

“I saw them looking down in the water at something, and I saw a mass in the water and it was a dead guy,” said a witness.

Police closed a small section of the Mission Creek Greenway trail, as members of the Kelowna Fire Department technical rescue team waded into the creek to recover the body. 

The body was brought by stretcher to a waiting ambulance.

Police on scene would not comment on the nature of the death or if it is being considered suspicious. 


UPDATE: 3:35 p.m.

It appears emergency crews are preparing to pull a body from Mission Creek.

Police, paramedics and the Kelowna Fire Department's water rescue crew are at the creek near the Mission Greenway bridge.

Part of the popular trail is blocked off with police tape.


ORIGINAL: 3:10 p.m.

Emergency crews are converging at a section of the Mission Creek in Kelowna.

They're responding to reports of a possible body found in the water.

Castanet has a reporter headed to the area and will update as details become available.



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