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Marathon season underway with Okanagan College event
KELOWNA – A mix of elite and amateur runners took part in the 12th annual Okanagan College Half Marathon on Sunday. Just 12 seconds separated the winner and second place finisher on the men’s side. Cache Creek’s Ryan Day placed first, running the 21.1 km course in a time of 1:11:16. Day edged Hans Aabye...
Vernon daily newspaper to cease publication
VERNON – There will be one less news source in Vernon as of this week. The daily publication affiliated with Black Press will be published and distributed for the last time on Friday, March 28. It is a namesake daily published by the Vernon Morning Star. The paper didn’t contain local news. Instead it had...
Foerster’s DNA under victim’s fingernails: Crown
VERNON - Matthew Foerster’s DNA was found under the fingernails of slain Armstrong teen Taylor Van Diest, Crown counsel said in the opening arguments of a murder trial in Kelowna Supreme Court. Foerster, 28, is accused of the first-degree murder of 18-year-old Van Diest on Halloween night, 2011 in Armstrong. His trial by a jury...
Trust fund for avalanche victim raises $85,000 in seven days
VERNON - Nearly $85,000 has been raised in support of the family of a Vernon man killed in an avalanche March 10. A.J. Cleary was snowmobiling with a group near Keefer Lake, east of Lumby when the avalanche buried him in snow. Cleary's wife Laura was pregnant with the couple's first child when the accident...
Fire on McKinley Road likely caused by battery charger
KELOWNA - A fire erupted in the basement of a home on the 800 block of McKinley Road just after 3 p.m. Thursday. The Kelowna Fire Department rushed to the scene to find smoke coming from around the chimney area. The smoke was actually coming from the basement and the fire itself was quickly doused....
UPDATE: Snowmobiler rescued from Monashee avalanche identified
LUMBY – A snowmobiler pronounced dead in hospital after he was caught in an avalanche in the central Monashee Mountains has been identified. He was Adrian John (AJ) Cleary, 34, from Coldstream. Vernon RCMP say Cleary was with a group of six people snowmobiling east of Lumby when he was buried by approximately five metres...
Former Vernon cop ordered to stand trial on child pornography charges
VERNON - A former Vernon Mountie has been ordered to stand trial on child pornography charges. A preliminary inquiry for Ryan Hampton, 35, wrapped up this week with a judge ruling the Crown has enough evidence to send him to trial. He faces a total of nine charges, including possession of child pornography, obstruction of...
Fighting for four days in Sun Peaks
KAMLOOPS — School District 73 trustees agreed to a two-week spring break for all schools except Sun Peaks Elementary earlier this month and parents of children attending the ski hill school want to keep it that way. Trustees decided it was better to wait for input from parents, teachers and students that have been attending...
Flock of celebrities due in Vernon for sporting event
VERNON - The North Okanagan is becoming famous for hosting celebrities. Just months after film crews departed Sparkling Hills for the filming of Mothers Day Off, a number of personalities are due at the resort this September for the Celebrity Sports Invitational. Actors George Clooney and Hugh Laurie were recently in Enderby filming a Disney...