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Owners of iconic, long-established cheese company in Armstrong are retiring
The owners of The Village Cheese Company in Armstrong are retiring and in search of…
More than 200,000 sunflowers planted for popular North Okanagan festival
Preparations are in the works for the colourful Bloom Sunflower Festival in Spallumcheen that will…
Lucky Armstrong resident $500K richer after Lotto Max win
Armstrong resident Beverly Magill “stood there in shock” after learning she won half a million…
iN PHOTOS: Colourful hot air balloons raise spirits in North Okanagan
Armstrong resident Kelsey Ferguson Bernard was out walking her basset hounds early on a Saturday…
‘Scary. Very scary’: Walk of Terror in Armstrong to tackle society’s deepest fear
The Caravan Farm Theatre Walk of Terror returns with another terrifying performance for Halloween. The…
North Okanagan farmer sees bright future despite cancellation of spring tulip festival
A popular tulip festival in the North Okanagan won’t be happening this year due to…
iN VIDEO: New documentary reveals roots of famous Caravan Farm Theatre in Armstrong
The history and magic of the renowned Caravan Farm Theatre in Armstrong has been captured…
From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back…
Owners of beloved ramshackle house in Armstrong area digging up its history
An uninhabited dilapidated house in the Armstrong area is the subject of numerous photographs and…
iN PHOTOS: Sunflower festival in Armstrong ‘a photographer’s dream’
The fourth annual sunflower festival in the North Okanagan is underway and there are four…
Armstrong video store rewinds customers to a social kind of movie night
ARMSTRONG - Video store manager Sherry Aiken remembers days when the aisles were filled with people; families, couples on date night, movie buffs lining up for new releases. But like a good movie, those days came and went all too fast. “It’s becoming the end of an era,” Aiken says. “This used to be the...
These videos about small Thompson-Okanagan towns will make you proud to live here
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - From brewhouses to outdoor theatre companies, a number of small businesses in the Thompson-Okanagan are being celebrated in a six-part video series. It’s part of a project called Small Business, Big Culture that highlights select cities across B.C. and Alberta. Vernon, Armstrong and Kamloops made the cut, in addition to Medicine Hat, Lethbridge,...
Appeal date set for June 2016 for man convicted in Taylor Van Diest murder
ARMSTRONG – A trial date has been set to hear the appeal of a British Columbia man who was found guilty of murdering an 18-year-old woman four years ago.
No car seat, no ride for Armstrong mom and baby trying to board the bus
VERNON - A North Okanagan woman is sharing her experience after being told she couldn’t board a public transit bus without a car seat for her baby. Chelsey Dyer planned to take the Route 60 bus into Vernon from her Armstrong home last week to pick up her car, but wasn’t allowed on. “The driver...
Diamond ring found in Vernon Walmart glove returned to rightful owner
VERNON – A woman from Lake Country quickly bought a pair of gloves at the Walmart in Vernon as she and her daughter headed to the city’s Downtown Light Up event Friday evening, Nov. 27. When Tanya Krcmar put on the gloves, one of her fingers slipped through what she says felt like a ring....