Vnjan1515

The many lives of Mario Aragon, and the new one Vernon gave him

VERNON - When he was a kid, Mario Aragon’s grandfather nicknamed him ‘tiacuache’—Spanish for opossum—because the animals are said to have seven lives. Mario, now 53, has lived up to the moniker. His journey from the small Oaxaca village he was born in to Bill’s Place, an addictions recovery home in Vernon, has been a...

ONE MORE YEAR: A Vernon woman shares her story of true love

"THROUGH ALL THIS TRIUMPH... OUR LOVE BECAME THE STORY OF A MIRACLE. THAT IS WHAT MADE SWALLOWING HIS DEATH SO MUCH HARDER." VERNON - We got to know Alisa and Ryan Langley last summer shortly after they married. You might remember the video: friends gave them a surprise dream wedding they once thought wasn't even...

Shuswap Pie Company to debut on the Food Network

SALMON ARM - Viewers will be drooling over creations from the Shuswap Pie Company on an episode of You Gotta Eat Here. Owner Tovah Shantz told us she loved having the show’s host John Catucci in her kitchen, where they whipped up three of the company’s specialties: a strawberry/rhubarb pie; a savoury sausage, apple and...

UPDATE: Heavy snow on the way

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - More snow is in the forecast for the North Okanagan, Shuswap and North Thompson areas. Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for the North Okanagan and Shuswap regions at 1:54 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, calling for approximately 10 cm of snow. By 7:30 p.m. the warning was extended to include the North...

YLW sets new passenger record in 2014

KELOWNA - There were 1.6 million passengers passing through the gates at Kelowna International Airport in 2014, breaking the previous record set in 2013. YLW has been crunching the numbers with the passenger count in 2014 coming in at 1,602,988, an increase of 98,205 or 6.3 per cent over the count in 2013. “Exceeding our...