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Heavy rain creating flooding concerns in North Okanagan
LUMBY – Residents from Lumby to Spallumcheen are experiencing localized flooding today. According to the…
Sandbags available throughout North Okanagan as region experiences above-average rainfall
VERNON – With a much wetter spring than normal, the North Okanagan Regional District is…
Salmon Arm RCMP hand out nearly 30 traffic tickets in three hours
SALMON ARM – Driving infractions were plentiful in Salmon Arm earlier this week as Mounties…
Organizers hope hundreds will join walk for missing North Okanagan women
NORTH OKANAGAN – Meagan Louis is hoping for a turnout of 500 people for a…
Severe thunderstorm watch for Okanagan
OKANAGAN – We could get a repeat of last night’s lightning show in the Okanagan.…
Conservation Service responds to North Okanagan cougar incident
VERNON – Traps are set for a cougar that killed an alpaca yesterday in Vernon.…
Defence says accused’s rights were violated in Armstrong manslaughter case
VERNON – Legal arguments are wrapping up for a Salmon Arm man who says his…
Lavington manufacturing plant nearing launch date
LAVINGTON – A new manufacturing plant in Lavington hasn’t even opened yet, and already its…
Thunderstorms forecast for the Okanagan, Shuswap; sunnier days ahead
KELOWNA – Sunshine is coming, but we’ve got to go through thundershowers first in the…
‘Not a single answer or clue’ in case of North Okanagan woman who went for a hike and never returned
NORTH OKANAGAN – As the weather warms up and people begin heading out into the…
Dealer caught in Vernon drug investigation gets six months
VERNON – A drug dealer nabbed in an undercover investigation last November was sentenced to…
North Okanagan man leaves $1M legacy to hospital foundation
VERNON – When he passed away two years ago, North Okanagan resident Frank Yanavicius left…
Interior rivers and streams on the rise as weather pattern shifts
KELOWNA – A high streamflow advisory has been issued by the province for the Southern…
Ontario family still doesn’t know what happened to daughter who went missing one year ago in North Okanagan
NORTH OKANAGAN – The family of a young woman who vanished without a trace in…
Mother of missing North Okanagan woman believed murdered still waiting for answers
NORTH OKANAGAN – More than a year after her daughter went missing from the North…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: What each party would do to combat the family doctor shortage
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Across the Interior, access to health care was an election issue long before…
Calls for service on the rise at Vernon RCMP detachment
VERNON – Vernon Mounties continue to receive more and more calls for service, according to…
UPDATE: Missing Vernon man has been found
UPDATE: 3:39 p.m., Tuesday, May 2, 2017 VERNON – RCMP say a missing 29-year-old Vernon…
UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman has been found
UPDATE: 3:08 p.m., Tuesday, May 2, 2017 VERNON – RCMP say a missing 20-year-old Vernon…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: B.C. Liberal leader campaigning in the Okanagan today
KELOWNA – B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark is on a whirlwind tour of the Okanagan…
Vernon cash store employee expected to plead guilty to fabricating an armed robbery
VERNON – A woman accused of making up an armed robbery at Vernon Cash Solutions…
A little bit of summer this week in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – It may be spring, but it will feel more like summer later this…
Vernon man homeless for ten months one of many looking for long-term housing
VERNON – Most days, Dave Fromow bikes from the homeless shelter to Tim Hortons where…
Vernon School District focusses funds on board offices, student supports
VERNON – The Vernon School District plans to bolster programs for mental health, at risk…