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Resounding silence from Lake Okanagan Resort after destructive wildfire
It has been more than a month since the McDougall Creek Wildfire destroyed most of…
Destructive Vernon fire deemed suspicious
VERNON - Police are appealing to the public for tips as they investigate a recent fire. The Oct. 14 blaze destroyed three vehicles at a property on Davidson Road. Police and the Vernon Fire Department were called to extinguish the fire just after 4 a.m. Among the wreckage was a commercial truck and two personal...
Cougar shot near elementary school
LUMBY - A cougar was put down by the Conservation Service Monday morning in Lumby after it attacked livestock. Conservation officers trapped and shot the large, roughly five-year-old, 170 pound male cougar, after it killed a resident’s sheep and alpaca in the Schwartz Road area behind J.W. Inglis Elementary. Conservation officer Ken Owens says the...
Vernon boat blaze one of many suspicious fires
VERNON – As police continue to investigate a rash of unsolved arsons from last summer,…