Ben Bulmer

Okanagan Rail Trail parking lot development planned for Coldstream
COLDSTREAM – Do you want a heritage looking building? Ninety-one or 111 parking stalls? And…

Vernon council taking another look at recommendations from task force on downtown safety
VERNON – Hoping for better luck a second time around, Vernon city council is set…

Judge orders province, Sicamous to pay for negligence in 2012 floods
SICAMOUS – Taxpayers will have to foot the majority of a $2.3 million award after…

Horse carcasses found on Vernon-area farm where owner charged with animal cruelty
VERNON – In a case described by one of the veterinarians investigating as "the worst…

Why Okanagan farmland prices continue to soar
WITH LITTLE ON THE MARKET, FARMLAND UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY IS A HOT COMMODITY.…

Mild winter playing havoc on Okanagan icewine producers
Edwin Chu is keeping his fingers crossed, checking the weather forecast obsessively and unlike the…
Vernon homeless couple get ready to move after eviction notice served
VERNON – As Michael Jacob stands by an endless piles of his possessions, he says…

Stolen bike recovered after Vernon resident’s one man mission
VERNON – When landscaper Brian Sanders arrived at work on Tuesday to find his bicycle…

Ladies Who Beer: Vernon teetotallers and wine drinkers welcome
VERNON – Stacey Todd co-founded the group Ladies Who Beer after she made a joke…
Democracy in action or waste of time? Vernon council on town hall meeting
VERNON – From "an exercise in direct democracy" to a "complete waste of time," Vernon…

Vernon to explore a ban on idling vehicles
VERNON – Vernon city council is looking into a possible ban to prevent vehicles from…

Union: Most Safeway staff will see pay cut under FreshCo banner
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Most Safeway employees who opt to keep working at the supermarket once it…

New trail opens and links Okanagan College Vernon to Rail Trail
VERNON – A new trail connecting Okanagan College's Vernon campus and the Okanagan Rail Trail…

Tolko extending temporary closure of Armstrong and Williams Lake sawmills
VERNON – Tolko Industries is extending the downtime at its lumber mills in Armstrong and…

Vernon man arrested for stabbing neighbour in the arm
VERNON – A 27-year-old man was arrested last night after breaking into a neighbour's home…