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Police confirmed fatalities from the crane collapse at a news conference on Tuesday.  The RCMP have said one man was buried by rubble when the arm of the crane fell more than 25 storeys on Monday, landing on the building he was working in. Four other men died in the collapse, all workers at the highrise construction project, while another was released from hospital after being treated for minor injuries. Workers were preparing to dismantle the crane when something "catastrophic" happened, Kelo...

Cailen Vilnesss father, Chris Vilness, says he received a call from his ex-wife around 12.30 p.m. Monday, who told him there had been an industrial accident where Cailen worked. Vilness said he immediately flew to the Okanagan from Kitimat in northwestern B.C. Vilness said he felt something serious might have happened when Cailen didnt answer his phone after the incident. Cailen — who had worked on the crane for a year — died on his first day back to work after retur...

Article content The accident happened near St. Paul Street and Bernard Avenue around 11 a.m. at the Bernard Block, a major three-tower residential and commercial project being constructed by Okanagan builder Mission Group. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Multiple fatalities after crane collapses in downtown Kelowna Back to video The crane was being used to build a 25-storey residential tower and was taller than the building it was helping to co...

Article content The accident happened near St. Paul Street and Bernard Avenue around 11 a.m. at the Bernard Block, a major three-tower residential and commercial project being constructed by Okanagan builder Mission Group. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Multiple fatalities after crane collapses in downtown Kelowna Back to video The crane was being used to build a 25-storey residential tower and was taller than the building it was helping to co...

One died in hospital and three were pronounced dead at the scene. Macintosh said the crane operator hasn’t been found but police believe his body is buried in the rubble. The upper portion of the crane smashed into a neighbouring building, leaving most of its support tower attached. The accident happened near St. Paul Street and Bernard Avenue around 11 a.m. at the Bernard Block, a major three-tower residential and commercial project being constructed by Okanagan builder Mission Group. The co...

Winnipeg Free Press By: The Canadian Press Last Modified: 9:37 PM CDT Monday, Jul. 12, 2021 Save to Read Later KELOWNA, B.C. - The head of a development company building a 25-storey residential tower says there were "multiple" fatalities after a crane collapsed in Kelowna, B.C., on Monday. A worker looks on as a police officer investigates a collapsed crane resting on the building it damaged in Kelowna, B.C., Monday, July 12,...

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The Globe and Mail Published April 16, 2021 Mission Group Commercial property broker Marshall McAnerney had been working as an executive in the U.S. when he decided to relocate to Kelowna to be near family. He figured he’d get into real estate there. He’d seen the urban revitalization of the industrial Pearl District in Portland, and there was no reason Kelowna wouldn’t follow. And he’d be getting ahead of the boomers who were certain to arrive. “I thought this was ripe for the pick...

Image Credit: Submitted/Eric MacMillan April 01, 2021 - 7:30 AM Eric MacMillan had the misfortune of graduating from the University of Windsor in May 2020, some of the darkest days in the COVID-19 lockdown where he had no job to go to. He turned that unfortunate timing into a hobby that benefits residents in far away Kelowna who wonder what their downtown will look like once the almost-weekly barrage of high-rise tower announcements become reality. “There were no jobs for m...

“Many developers and builders are planning to move projects ahead in 2021.”