(JULIE WHITTET / iNFOnews.ca) July 07, 2021 - 5:00 PM A new crossing of Mission Creek, upgrades to the fish and turtle ponds and many other changes are in the works for Mission Creek Regional Park in Kelowna. This is one of, if not the, most popular regional parks in the Central Okanagan. A 20-year plan for future development of the park is going to the board of the Central Okanagan Regional District tomorrow, July 8. It recommends dozens of changes but one of the most dramatic is a new foot bridge over the Mission Creek at Gerstmar Road. Right now, the trail on the north side of Mission Creek has to divert onto Creekside Road for about a block.
During a public information meeting held by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) about the status of wildfire, Mark Healey with the B.C. Wildfire Service said the George Road blaze (350 hectares) and the Lytton Creek blaze (8,732 hectares) have essentially joined.
“It’s not a bigger fire or taking up the tree canopy,” Healey stated. “It’s a slow-moving fire. It is burning within that watershed.”
Healey added it’s unknown is there is any water contamination at this time. He said their top priority is to move crews up Highway 1 and 12 where the fire is spreading, along with ensuring they stop it from spreading north and crossing the Fraser River. Healey said communication links and rail lines will need to be repaired.
(STEVE ARSTAD / iNFOnews.ca) The Central Okanagan Regional District wants to renew an old partnership between Okanagan regional districts. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen board of directors has a request before it at this week’s board meeting to invite Central Okanagan Regional District board chair Gail Given to appear before the board to discuss Okanagan Valley air quality issues. All three regional governments took part in an Air Quality Committee that was formed in 2005-2006 to introduce an information and education program with respect to the importance of air quality. Air quality monitoring, dust control, wood chipping and wood stove exchange programs were developed and the committee was formalized with a memorandum of understanding in 2010.
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