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UPDATE: Missing Salmon Arm man located
UPDATE: 12:34 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2020 RCMP say a 21-year-old Salmon Arm man last…
SilverStar Mountain Resort employees asked to return home after ski hill ceases operations
SilverStar employees are trying to figure out their next steps after being asked to find…
Looking for a forever home: Vernon’s pet of the week
Moose is a beautiful pup but he's still learning his boundaries. The staff at the…
What’s next? Here’s what other countries are doing in response to COVID-19
As COVID-19 affects everything from international travel to Sunday church services here in Canada, some…
Could isolation from coronavirus inspire a new baby boom? History suggests… maybe
We're all being encouraged to stay home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus and there's…
iN VIDEO: Under quarantine, beautiful voices echo from deserted Italian street
While millions of Italians live in lockdown as the country reacts to the COVID-19 outbreak,…
Vernon resident scammed out of ‘thousands of dollars’ in phone scam: RCMP
The RCMP is again warning people to be incredibly vigilant after a Vernon resident was…
COVID-19: These are the event cancellations for the Okanagan and Kamloops
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control has recommended…
BCHL suspends playoffs due to COVID-19 pandemic
The B.C. Hockey League has suspended this season's playoff games in a response to the…
Vernon book, magazine distributor Monahan Agency to call it quits 73 years after opening
After almost three-quarters of a century in the business, book and magazine wholesaler Monahan Agency…
Vernon RCMP on lookout for car theft suspect involved in hit and run
Vernon RCMP are on the hunt for a car theft suspect involved in a hit…
National Nordic ski championship planned for Vernon cancelled over coronavirus
A national Nordic ski event planned for Sovereign Lake near Vernon at the end of…
Vernon school bus cuts will have ‘huge impact’ on parents: PAC president
A plan for the Vernon School District to scrap school buses for over 600 pupils…
Two arrested as Vernon sees spate of parking meter vandalism
Vernon RCMP have arrested two people suspected of breaking into parking meters following a spate…
Home invaders ransack Vernon residence
Two suspects forced their way into a Vernon home yesterday afternoon in what police call…
Vernon man’s $1 million lotto win just in time for 50th wedding anniversary
Vernon resident Wade Hardie won Saturday's guaranteed prize of $1 million in the Lotto 6/49…
Vernon author’s Himalayan adventure a personal memoir of discovery
When retired school principal Patti Shales Lefkos went on a three-month hiking trip to Nepal…
Enderby dog treat business making use of brewery’s waste
Using a barley by-product from a local brewery, a recently launched Enderby dog treat business…
SPCA receives more than 1,200 applications for rescued husky puppies
The BC SPCA says it received more than a 1,200 applications for husky puppies that…
Vernon man who let his dogs ‘hunt for food’ loses appeal to get them back
A Vernon man who deprived over 30 huskies of adequate food and water, leaving them…
Construction closure expands on Okanagan Rail Trail
The section of the Okanagan Rail Trail currently closed during the day in the North…
Man convicted of flashing in Penticton released on bail in Vernon
An Okanagan man with a history of exposing himself to children has been released on…
UPDATE: For helping a killer escape, husband of cold case Vernon murder victim gets two more years in prison
For his role in protecting the man who he believed brutally murdered his wife 33…
‘It’s art that reflects my personality’: Shuswap woman enters international tattoo competition
A Shuswap woman has become the latest B.C. Interior resident to compete with the hope…