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North Okanagan senior receives longest jail sentence in B.C. history for animal cruelty: SPCA
VERNON – The B.C. SPCA hopes a jail sentence imposed against a North Okanagan horse…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Eric Foster reflects on 30-plus years in politics, and why he’s not done yet
COLDSTREAM – Eric Foster hasn’t gone to the movies since Forrest Gump hit the big…
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…
Rain forces playfield closures in Vernon
VERNON – The recent rainfall has saturated the playfields in Vernon forcing the City to…
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…
Man found guilty of gun charges in 2014 Vernon shooting
“HE TOOK CREDIT FOR CHASING THE ROBBERS” VERNON – After two men tried to rip…
Young boy approached by stranger, offered ride home in Armstrong
VERNON – A young boy was offered a ride home from a stranger last week…
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…
Vernon to investigate options for putting council meetings online
VERNON – Taping Vernon council meetings and posting them online is not as simple as…
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…
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…
Ten years later, marijuana trafficking case with ties to the Okanagan still far from over
VERNON – More than a decade after the alleged crime took place, a trafficking case…
Man detained, subsequently released in suspected Vernon drug lab investigation
VERNON – Police and health officials continue to investigate a suspected drug lab found in…
Walk-in Clinics of B.C. launching petition for more family doctors
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A petition will be launched this week, calling on the provincial government to…
No fire coverage means North Okanagan home left to burn
VERNON – It continues to smoulder, and in some places, there’s still open flame at…
Vernon immigrants earn top scores in citizenship challenge
VERNON – A group of immigrants in Vernon scored some of the highest marks in…
RCMP, Hazmat and Health Canada at scene of suspected drug lab in Vernon
VERNON – Police, along with Health Canada and the Vernon Fire Department’s Hazmat team, are…