Man’s body found at recreation centre in Kelowna

A Kelowna man in his 60s was found dead at a recreation centre in Kelowna yesterday.

The man's body was discovered at around 3:50 p.m., yesterday, Jan. 29, at the H2O Adventure and Fitness Centre in Kelowna, according to an RCMP media release.

Kelowna RCMP and the Coroners Service are trying to figure out how, where and when he died.

RCMP don't say where at the H2O centre the man's body was found.

"At this time, criminality is not suspected in the man's death," Kelowna RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy said in the release.

The man's identity is not being released.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics