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Vnjan2016
Travel advisory for Highway 1
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Warm weather, rain and snow are making for poor driving conditions on some…
Vernon driver killed in car crash
VERNON – A crash on Highway 97 in Vernon claimed the life of a local…
Removing military explosives from Okanagan band land ‘not as simple as putting money at it’: DND
VERNON – The Department of National Defence is responding to criticism from a local First…
Vernon and West Kelowna populations growing faster than province
OKANAGAN – Vernon and West Kelowna are two of the fastest growing cities in the…
Petition calls for boating restrictions on Sugar Lake
LUMBY – Efforts to restrict boats on Sugar Lake and the Shuswap River have been…
Kamloops family has message after narrowly escaping carbon monoxide tragedy
KAMLOOPS – A local man is urging you to ensure you have carbon monoxide detectors…
More cases of whooping cough in Vernon than normal
VERNON – A jump in the number of people coming down with the whooping cough…
Why a private developer got $11M to remove bombs while the Okanagan Indian Band is still waiting
‘THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE FIRST NATIONS ARE LEFT IN THE AVENUES LAID OUT…
Hundreds of new nurses coming to the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Hundreds of new registered nurses are being recruited to work in local hospitals…
City returns cash to Vernon taxpayers
VERNON – Vernon taxpayers are getting a few bucks back from the city. During budget…
Company fined in relation to industrial accident that killed Salmon Arm teen
VERNON – A Salmon Arm company has been fined for repeated, high-risk safety violations in…
Recommendations made after Kamloops truck driver crushed to death
VERNON – A Kamloops truck driver was in the most dangerous area possible when a…
Alberta man facing charges after dangerous driving on Okanagan Connector
MERRITT – An Alberta man is facing numerous charges after a RCMP traffic stop on…
Vernon rescue crews kept busy with three accidents in two days
VERNON – Out of three car crashes this weekend in the Vernon area there were…
Okanagan Indian Band tired of waiting for Defence Department to clean up military explosives
VERNON – Military explosives left littered on their lands by the Department of National Defence…
Warm temperatures sticking around in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – The mercury is staying above seasonal normals and the snow is expected to…
Enderby to show Cliff Avenue concept at open house
ENDERBY – Enderby is showing off a future concept for Cliff Avenue; a central commercial…
Slow down: Very slippery conditions on southern Interior roads
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The snow has created extremely slippery conditions on roads and highways in the…
Federal government hiring for this year’s census
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – This year’s federal census will provide some job opportunities for residents in the…
Second strongest commercial construction year on record in Vernon
VERNON – If it seemed like there were a lot of construction projects happening around…
Mild weekend ahead in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Mother Nature look like she will play nice this weekend, with moderate temperatures…
First sponsored Syrian refugee arrives in Salmon Arm
SHUSWAP - They’ve got houses, furniture, dentists, backpacks and pretty much everything else a newcomer might need, and now a group of volunteers working to sponsor Syrian refugee families finally has its first arrival. A young man in his 20s arrived in Salmon Arm a couple of days ago, Salmon Arm Refugee Coalition member Brian...
Secret proposals exchanged over Vernon horse racing dispute
VERNON - Proposed resolutions over an ongoing legal dispute between the City of Vernon and the Okanagan Equestrian Society are on the table, but neither side is commenting on the details. The society’s lawyer, Ed Woolley, says proposals were exchanged this week and both parties are now considering their options. The legal dispute has been...
Wine and dine events coming to the Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Food and wine events across the region will given foodies the chance to…