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Grey skies for the Okanagan this week
KELOWNA – Clouds, showers and mild temperatures in the Okanagan this week with sunshine on…
Vernon road closed after truck falls in sinkhole
VERNON – A downtown road is closed until Tuesday after a newer model Toyota Tundra…
Woman born in Vernon 27 years ago searching for birth parents
VERNON – Twenty-seven years ago, on Oct. 10, 1989, a woman gave birth to a…
Water supply in Greater Vernon looking good so far
VERNON – With temperatures starting to warm up and many looking to get gardening, Greater…
Despite cloudy week in the Okanagan, some sunshine for Easter long weekend
KELOWNA – Despite today’s rain, the long weekend is looking warm and inviting. Environment Canada…
Conservative candidate drops out of race in Vernon-Monashee
VERNON – The B.C. Conservatives were the last to announce their candidate in Vernon-Monashee and…
House arrest upgraded to jail for North Okanagan horse owner
VERNON – Armstrong senior Gary Roberts will be serving his sentence behind bars rather than…
Dozens of Enderby residents lose water due to major pipe break
ENDERBY – About 50 customers are without water in Enderby after a major mater main…
Man found guilty of gun charges in 2014 Vernon shooting
“HE TOOK CREDIT FOR CHASING THE ROBBERS” VERNON – After two men tried to rip…
Hangs off cliffs, blows stuff up, and collects hundreds of classic cars: He’s the Rasta Blasta
TAPPEN – When Mike Hall gets out of bed at 6 a.m., it’s pedal to…
Young boy approached by stranger, offered ride home in Armstrong
VERNON – A young boy was offered a ride home from a stranger last week…
North Okanagan MP wants national medal for search and rescue volunteers
VERNON – The volunteers that take on all the elements and nearly every landscape to…
Vernon bylaw will step up monitoring at homeless camps
VERNON – With the number of homeless camps expected to rise again this summer, efforts…
Vernon Mounties remove yellow stripe to protest pay, working conditions
VERNON – Some Vernon police officers are joining the Canada-wide ‘No-Stripe Campaign’ in protest of…
New hotel project coming to Vernon
VERNON – A new Sheraton hotel project is working it’s way through Vernon city hall.…
Vernon to investigate options for putting council meetings online
VERNON – Taping Vernon council meetings and posting them online is not as simple as…
Here come the April showers that bring May flowers to the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Hopefully you got some sun this weekend, because it’s going to be sparse…
Needles found in Vernon playground an isolated incident: School District
VERNON – The Vernon School District is hoping to find out who scattered dozens of…
Dozens of needles found at Vernon elementary school
VERNON – More than 50 discarded needles were found on the grounds of a Vernon…
Snowpack above average for Thompson and Okanagan basins
KAMLOOPS – If the water in a lake or river near you seems a little…
Vernon man builds back-alley shrine to honour 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge
VERNON – A Vernon man has made it his mission to convert the nondescript alley…
UPDATE: RCMP locate missing Vernon woman
UPDATE: 12:01 p.m., Friday, April 7, 2017 VERNON – RCMP say the 40-year-old Vernon woman…
Salmon Arm RCMP crack down on rule-breaking drivers
SALMON ARM – A traffic blitz in Salmon Arm netted a number of drivers caught…
Ghost stories, money laundering, and secret tunnels: Storied Armstrong Hotel up for auction
ARMSTRONG – From a ghost named Emily to a secret safe that has never been…