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B.C. cannabis co-op approved for incorporation on 4-20 day
Today marks the second time 4-20 is being celebrated since cannabis became legal in Canada…
One Vernon bottle depot is reopening after shutdown to protect staff, community
A Vernon bottle depot is reopening after a temporary shutdown to protect its staff during…
Third of B.C. trucking companies have already laid off drivers and it may get worse
Over half of all trucking companies in the province expect to lay drivers off by…
iN VIDEO: Vernon health care workers extend thanks to peers in touching video
Vernon health care workers are offering thanks to other hospital and frontline workers who continue…
Coldstream takes social distancing to new level by closing cemetery
On the one year anniversary of her grandmother's death, Celine Duranleau and her mother headed…
COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives
It's been one month since provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry declared a public health…
Okanagan Indian Band announces $900K cultural gathering space
The Okanagan Indian Band has received the green light to move forward with a new…
Average Vernon homeowner will get $33 off tax bill as pandemic response
The average Vernon homeowner will get a $33 reduction in this year's property tax bill.…
Vernon firefighters extinguish fire caused by sky lantern
Vernon firefighters had to extinguish a grass fire in a ravine at the Foothills subdivision…
North Okanagan regional district to issue fines after multiple cases of verbal abuse at landfills
The Regional District of North Okanagan is going to start dishing out $100 fines after…
Okanagan Rail Trail sees 170% increase in use leading up to Easter weekend
With visits to see family for an Easter lunch over the long weekend out of…
North Okanagan hit with mailbox break-ins
The North Okanagan has seen a recent spate in mailbox break-ins. Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP confirmed…
North Okanagan regional district launches Create and Isolate website
A new website has been launched allowing people to connect with arts, culture and heritage…
Winning ‘doesn’t seem real,’ says Coldstream lotto winner
Randall McDuff still can't quite believe he won the Guaranteed Prize of $1 million from…
Citizen uses pickup to block dangerous driver on Highway 97 near Vernon
RCMP got some help from a citizen who used their pickup to box in a…
Warnings and tickets issued in North Okanagan over long weekend as campers ignore closures
Not everyone got the message that social distancing under a global pandemic would continue over…
Crowd awaiting free hand sanitizer at Kelowna distillery dispersed after fistfight
Sanitizer Saturday at Kelowna’s Forbidden Spirits Distillery was cut short when people lined up for…
Unemployment is sky high, but some Kamloops, Okanagan jobs still available
How does controlling shoppers outside a supermarket and making sure they form an orderly line-up…
North Okanagan community holding Easter egg hunt ‘social distancing style’
A North Okanagan community has come up with a novel way of celebrating Easter during…
Social media says it’s chaos, but visits to Vernon Jubilee Hospital say otherwise
Shannon Specht spent most of last Sunday sitting at home in severe pain. "I couldn't…
BREAKING: Two more COVID-19 cases in Interior Health region following 3 days without
After three days without an increase in numbers, there are now two more cases of…
iN NUMBERS: How the pandemic has changed our lives
A lot has changed around the world in the last few weeks and a lot…
Vernon company switches production to masks for health care workers
Five days after launching a face mask akin to the much sought after N95 masks,…
UPDATE: Armed robbery at Sicamous grow op sparked North Okanagan manhunt
An early morning robbery at a licensed cannabis grow op in Sicamous ended with the…