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Okanagan College tuition going up
OKANAGAN - Tuition fees are going up two per cent with Okanagan College’s board of governors approval of a $94.95 million operating budget. Okanagan College Board of Governors Chair Tom Styffe says the board initially faced "a seven digit issue, created by a number of pressures,” according to a media release. He says administration and...
Woman shamed for breastfeeding in Vernon mall food court
BREAST FEEDING MOM TOLD 'THERE'S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR THESE KIND OF THINGS' VERNON - A feed-in is being organized to support a Vernon mother asked to stop breastfeeding her son at the Village Green Shopping Centre earlier this week. Megan Deuling was breastfeeding her four-month-old son at the food court in the...
Winning Lotto 649 ticket bought in Vernon
VERNON - There’s a new millionaire in Vernon, and no, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. According to BCLC, a ticket worth over $5 million was purchased in Vernon on Wednesday, April 1. The $35 million jackpot was split between five other winners, three in Ontario and one in Quebec. The winning numbers were 4,...
Speedboat driver drank, smoked pot before deadly crash on Shuswap Lake: witness
KAMLOOPS – The driver of a speedboat that slammed into a houseboat on a Shuswap Lake in 2010 was drinking beer and smoking pot before the crash, a witness has told B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops.