Brett Drake, 62, has been missing since approximately 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, when he left his residence and has not been heard from since. Credit: SUBMITTED/RCMP

UPDATE: Man missing in Vernon located

UPDATE: Friday, Feb. 24, 2023

RCMP say a Grand Forks man last seen in Vernon has been located safe and well.

All personal information about the missing person has been removed from this article.

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023

Vernon RCMP are asking the public for help locating a missing 50-year-old Grand Forks resident.

Anyone with any information is urged to call their local police or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

No other information was given in the media release.

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After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.

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