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UPDATE: Missing teenaged girl has been found

UPDATE: 12:40 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 VERNON - The female youth who was reported missing on Jan. 1, 2016 has been located, according to a media release from Vernon RCMP.  All personal information has been removed from this article. 9:55 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, 2015 VERNON – RCMP are asking for the public’s help to...

Vernon RCMP amping up presence for New Year’s Eve

VERNON - Police will be out in full force in the North Okanagan on New Year’s Eve.  That’s the reminder Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy is giving in advance of this Thursday’s New Year’s celebrations. “Our communities can expect to see road blocks, roving traffic patrols and foot patrols of bar areas, as well as our usual...

UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman found dead

UPDATE: 10 A.M. DEC. 24, 2015  The search for missing Vernon woman Aurelia Wedenig has ended in tragedy. Police say her body was found Dec. 23, 2015. Read more here.  ORIGINAL STORY VERNON – Police are concerned about the safety of a woman who went missing from a mental health facility in Vernon yesterday, Dec. 18....

Vernon woman hit by car remains in hospital

VERNON - A local woman remains in hospital after getting hit by a car Saturday evening. A car travelling east on 30 Avenue collided with the woman around 5:30 p.m. Dec. 12, Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says. The 45-year-old woman was taken to Vernon Jubilee Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. She has since been transferred...

Vernon woman arrested after collision in stolen vehicle

VERNON - A Vernon woman is facing several charges after a dangerous driving episode in a stolen vehicle last week. Police officers noticed the Nissan Juke car, which was reported stolen two days earlier, while conducting patrols in the area of 32 Avenue and 32 Street in Vernon around 3 p.m. on Dec. 1. The...

West Kelowna musician reunited with stolen trumpets

VERNON – A Vernon Good Samaritan is behind the reunion yesterday, Dec. 6, between a West Kelowna man and his two stolen trumpets. RCMP say the musician’s horns were stolen from his parked vehicle in the 2700 block of 32 Street in Vernon during the evening of Nov. 23, 2015. The two trumpets, a silver...

Pickup smashes into Vernon business

VERNON – A pickup truck driven by an elderly man slammed into the side of a Vernon business this morning. The truck crossed two southbound lanes of traffic and smashed into White House Mortgages in the 4000 block of 27 Street around 10:55 a.m., Dec. 3, according to Vernon Fire Department Capt. Reinhard Mann. Mann...

Man struck by car in Vernon

VERNON - Police are reminding the public to stay alert after an accident involving a pedestrian and a vehicle. Mounties and the B.C. Ambulance Service were called to 43 Avenue near 34 Street in Vernon Dec. 1 around 4:40 p.m. “A 58-year-old male pedestrian had been crossing the road when he was struck by a car,” Const....

Driver ticketed after fleeing the scene of Vernon crash

VERNON - The mystery behind a car crash last week in which the driver fled the scene has been solved. RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says a witness reported seeing the vehicle leave the road and go into the ditch around 10:50 p.m., Nov. 27. The driver was then seen fleeing the scene. Emergency responders found...

Police activity outside Vernon apartment building explained

VERNON - Police activity outside a Vernon apartment building last week was related to a stolen property investigation, RCMP confirmed today, Dec. 3 RCMP recovered three stolen Ford pickup trucks from the residence, located in the 4700 block of 20 Street, around 8:30 a.m., Nov. 27, Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says in a media release. Police...

UPDATE: Missing Vernon man found

UPDATE: 1:04 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 VERNON - Vernon RCMP have confirmed Fraser Gerrard, 25, who last seen on Nov. 19 has been located and is safe and sound. 12:15 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 VERNON - Police are appealing to the public for help finding a man not seen since last week. Fraser...

Woman pursues driver suspected of vehicle theft in Vernon

VERNON - A member of the public went above and beyond by tailing a driver who allegedly stole a truck earlier this week. Vernon RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says police got a heads up around 7:20 p.m. Nov. 22 that a community member was following a 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup truck she’d just witnessed stolen...