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Charlotte Helston
Family that built Mabel Lake Resort recalls what life was like 100 years ago
KINGFISHER – Today, Mabel Lake Road is a busy corridor packed in the summertime with…
Complaints of fruit pickers living in derelict North Okanagan house investigated by regional district
VERNON – The North Okanagan Regional District is investigating complaints about a group of fruit…
Why there are so many little black bugs buzzing around the Interior this year
You can’t walk very far these days without getting a small, winged insect stuck in…
Highway message board in Okanagan just can’t get it right
VERNON – An automated sign on Highway 97 south of Vernon is going off script…
Lucky coincidence leads Vernon woman to sister she didn’t know she had
VERNON – Better late than never is the phrase a 79-year-old North Okanagan woman is…
Housing, childcare, and job challenges affecting viability of living in Okanagan
VERNON – If Jolene Graff had the choice, she would still be living in Vernon.…
North Okanagan woman cracks case of weird blob washed up on beach
VERNON – It’s been likened to ‘Ogopogo eggs’ and ‘my wife’s cooking’ but whatever it…
Vernon homeless camp shrinking as City steps up enforcement of new bylaw
VERNON – A large homeless camp in Vernon is clearing out as officials begin enforcing…
‘This isn’t a proud situation for us’: Polson Park camper explains difficulties of new Vernon bylaw
“THE BYLAW MAKES COMPLETE SENSE TO PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIVE IN A PARK” VERNON –…
Homeless man on the move again after eviction from vacant Vernon lot
VERNON – Maurice Samson has just been evicted from the vacant lot at the north…
Could dogs make this Vernon park a safer place?
VERNON – A North Okanagan city has quietly been working on strategies to turn a…
Drug-fuelled assault left North Okanagan man naked, beaten, and pepper sprayed
VERNON – A violent assault that left a man naked, beaten and pepper sprayed earned…
‘It’s leading to burnout,’ Vernon business owner says of local labour shortage
VERNON – Lisa Gallie used to get 50 to 70 resumes when she advertised a…
City of Vernon takes local man to court over harassment, insults
VERNON – Art Gourley just won't shut up. The 74-year-old Vernon man is well known…
Love of animals comes first for these newlyweds who rescue pets from evacuation zones
FALKLAND – A newlywed husband-and-wife team who rescue animals from wildfire evacuation zones dropped their…
Trio having a campfire in North Okanagan ‘didn’t seem to get it or care’
COLDSTREAM – Three men received fines of $1,150 each for lighting a campfire on a…
Pit bull owner comes forward with a different story about ‘stolen’ puppies
NORTH OKANAGAN – A 100 Mile House man who claims to be the owner of…
‘They have no clue how he survived’: North Okanagan woman recounts husband’s terrifying electrocution in creek
ARMSTRONG – A Spallumcheen man was rushed to hospital yesterday after getting electrocuted while trying…
Vernon woman sentenced for making fake armed robbery report
VERNON – A Vernon woman apologized in court and expressed her embarrassment for stealing roughly…
Friends and family shocked by suspicious death of Vernon man
VERNON – Family members have identified the victim of a suspicious death earlier this week…
North Okanagan man sentenced for ‘brutal’ killing of Lumby teacher
VERNON – A Vernon judge called convicted murderer Howard Krewson “selfish” and “narcissistic” as he…
Pit bull puppies taken by SPCA in bizarre North Okanagan case of alleged ‘puppy mill’
'WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE OWNERSHIP. WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE A WHOLE LOT OF…
High lake level brings North Okanagan septic concerns to the surface
VERNON – The chief of the Okanagan Indian Band says this year’s flooding event is…
Flooding still has some waterfront properties in North Okanagan under evacuation order
NORTH OKANAGAN – As wildfires rage across the province, some people in the North Okanagan…