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Man killed while walking on train tracks in North Okanagan
LAVINGTON – An Okanagan man was killed Sunday afternoon after getting hit by a train.…
North Okanagan flagger dies of injuries
NORTH OKANAGAN – The flagger injured on the job in Lavington last month has died.…
Flagger injured in North Okanagan still in hospital: RCMP
VERNON – A flagger who was hit by a car in the North Okanagan and…
UPDATE: Flagger struck by car in North Okanagan rushed to hospital
LAVINGTON – A flagger was seriously injured this morning after being hit by a car…
UPDATE: Missing Vernon man has been found
UPDATE: 3:39 p.m., Tuesday, May 2, 2017 VERNON – RCMP say a missing 29-year-old Vernon…
Possible causes of poor air quality under investigation in Lavington
LAVINGTON – Environment officials are looking for possible causes of poor air quality in Lavington,…
North Okanagan business owner publicly shames shoplifter
LAVINGTON – A North Okanagan man is hoping to deter shoplifters by exposing one who…
Jobs on the horizon as new owners reveal plans for former Lavington glass plant
LAVINGTON – They won’t be creating glass, but the new owners of the long-shuttered Lavington…
Local business owners will redevelop North Okanagan glass plant
LAVINGTON – The old Lavington glass plant is getting a new start. After sitting empty…
Windstorm blows through Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Homeowners continue the clean up and repair any damage today after a windstorm…
Man in hospital after rolling ATV near Vernon
VERNON - A 59-year-old man remains in hospital after rolling his ATV in the Lavington area east of Vernon Sunday. The rollover happened around 11:40 a.m., Aug. 30, in the Noble Canyon Road area, according to a media release. The man and his wife, both from Vernon, were going up a hill quite slowly when...
Coroner identifies two women killed in Highway 6 car crash
LUMBY – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified two women who died in a two-car crash on Highway 6 in the North Okanagan near Lumby December 6. They were Diedre Naomi-Ann Hughes, 57, from Vernon and her daughter Emma Maria Danielle Froh, 22, from Lumby. RCMP say the crash, between a Pontiac Sunfire and a...
Machinery running on graveyard shift the night teen worker died was an anomaly
VERNON - A Tolko employee knew two days in advance machines would be running during the ordinarily quiet graveyard clean-up shift to accommodate extra production, a coroner’s inquiry into the death of a Lumby teen heard Thursday. Bradley Haslam, 18, became entangled in a conveyer belt at Tolko’s Lavington mill in June 2013 and died....