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School board moves to public consultation on big changes for September 2015
NORTH OKANAGAN – There could be some big changes in School District 83 as early…
Lumby man beaten by five youths
LUMBY - It wasn't much of a Valentine's Day for a Lumby man who police say was beaten by five youths wearing hoodies. Officers arrived at the scene just after midnight February 14 and saw the youths running away, according to an RCMP media release. The man received an injury to his eye during the...
Road rage suspected in Highway 6 accident
LUMBY - Police believe a case of road rage may have been behind the actions of a driver who they say forced another driver off the road on Highway 6. The driver of a black pickup truck forced a white pickup truck off the road February 27, with the suspect driver then pounding on the...
Developer must pay $80,000 in upgrades before building drive-through Timmies across from elementary school
VERNON - A group of Vernon parents fear a new drive-through Tim Hortons and gas bar will worsen traffic around an adjacent elementary school, but the city claims the opposite. City planner Dale Rintoul says the developer has agreed to provide $80,000 for intersection upgrades at 35 Avenue and 27 Street, where both Beairsto Elementary...
More high temperature records in Southern Interior
SNOW FORECAST FOR HIGHWAYS THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - One more day of record weather was had this week before temperatures dropped slightly in the Southern Interior. While the entire region hit temperatures in the mid-teens Tuesday, March 10, at 15.6 Celsius, Vernon was one of the lucky ones in setting a new high temperature record for the...
Seasonal flooding unlikely this year
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If the lack of snow, even at alpine levels, is any indication, we could be in for a very dry year. The River Forecast Centre is reporting all but two snow basins are below normal as of March 1. The North and South Thompson basins are near-normal at 96 per cent and 91...
Emotional witness tells B.C. court about boat crash that injured him, killed pal
KAMLOOPS – A man who suffered two collapsed lungs and several broken bones when he was struck by a boat during a fatal collision on Shuswap Lake became emotional in court as he described the crash.