Charlotte Helston

Lumby man remembered for working hard, dreaming big and helping others
LUMBY – Ray Smyth put his heart into everything he did, whether it was volunteering…
Witnesses describe hearing gunshots on day of Polson Park shootout
VERNON – The manager of the Green Valley Hotel was at home with his wife…
Number of thefts from vehicles nearly doubles in Vernon area
VERNON – Property-related crime continues to plague the Vernon RCMP detachment. From October to December…
Polson Park shooting started with a robbery gone wrong at the Green Valley Motel
VERNON- A high profile shootout in Polson Park broke out after a robbery went south…

Okanagan municipality wants review of RCMP staffing system
OKANAGAN – A municipality in the Okanagan wants to make sure it’s getting a fair…
Impaired driving guilty plea expected from Vernon woman in 2014 fatal crash
VERNON – A woman accused of impaired driving causing death is expected to plead guilty…

Police costs going up as Armstrong’s population cracks 5,000 people
ARMSTRONG – Armstrong residents will be paying more for police service — the only question…
Vernon rally draws attention to missing and murdered indigenous women
VERNON – For local woman Meagan Louis, a rally for missing and murdered indigenous women…

Vernon MRI announcement for 2018 has nothing to do with election 2017: MLA Foster
VERNON – If you thought the B.C. Liberals’ announcement this week about a new MRI…

Not everyone drove according to road conditions yesterday
VERNON – Concrete barriers and street lights were some of the things driver accidentally plowed…

Former Sparkling Hill bookkeeper could go to jail for ‘second salary’ paid in fraudulent cheques
“EFFECTIVELY, MS. MILLIGAN WAS PAYING HERSELF A SECOND SALARY” VERNON – A former bookkeeper at…
Mud boggers getting spattered with fines in the North Okanagan
OKANAGAN – The Conservation Service means business when it comes to illegal mud bogging. In…

FENTANYL CRISIS: Health officials consider stepping up overdose prevention services in Vernon, Penticton
VERNON – Rising overdose numbers have health officials plotting their next plan of attack against…
North Okanagan man sent to prison for violent convenience store robbery
LUMBY – A North Okanagan man who robbed a convenience store and traumatized the lone…
Joy ride on stolen motorcycle ends with a jail term for North Okanagan man
VERNON – A career criminal who duped a man into letting him test drive his…








