Chelsea Cardno and JJ’s dog have been missing since Tuesday morning. With wet weather and exhausted volunteers, the search for Chelsea Cardno has stopped on Sunday. Cardno, 31, was last seen leaving her home on Kelowna’s Dougall Road South on Tuesday morning when she picked up JJ’s dog for a walk on Mission Greenway. Her vehicle was found parked at the north end of Pasadena Street, but there was no sign of Cardno or her dog. Search crews have been scouring the area, and across Mission Creek, for days, and on Saturday, 152 political volunteers showed up at Mission Creek Regional Park to help with the search. “We were waiting for some, but I do not even think about it [the family] expect so much, “said Duane Tresnich, director of search at Central Okanagan Search and Rescue. Tresnich says that with the heavy rains on Sunday and the big days set by Central Okanagan Search and Rescue volunteers, their search has been halted for now. He did not know when they would go out in search, as it depends heavily on the weather. “My teams are exhausted, I have to give them some time and the weather is not good at the moment,” said Tresnich. “We will go out again, I just have to find the best options and look at the best time in terms of time and resources. “My goal is to bring in as many resources as possible.” On Saturday, COSAR volunteers searched the Mission Creek area for more than 12 hours, with the help of search and rescue volunteers from Kamloops and Vernon and community volunteers. But they have not yet found any sign of Cardno. “It’s still a ‘if’ because we do not know for sure, [but] “If he entered the creek, he could be anywhere,” Tresnich said, noting that the creek was moving extremely fast on Tuesday when it was believed to be in the area. “This whole area is our search zone … the water is dirty as we still have a lot of runoff coming out of the Graystokes. For our fast water teams that go there, it’s mostly out of feeling. ” Tresnich says the creek level had dropped by about four feet on Saturday, but the creek edge is still considered a “hot zone”. “You can not go to this area if you are not fully equipped to deal with it,” Tresnich said. The Cardno family posted on its Facebook page late Saturday, thanking all members of the community who came out to help with the search. “We are absolutely amazed at the show of support from our community today,” the family said. “We appreciate every person, professional and volunteer, who was out today. “COSAR had nothing but great things to say about all the volunteers who came out to help and appreciate how much everyone respected the safety protocols and the colleagues they were looking for.” Tresnich did not know if the RCMP was still searching as of Sunday. Castanet has contacted the Kelowna RCMP for information.
