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‘The truck just crashed’: Family hits sink hole during trip to Vernon
VERNON – A Kamloops family visiting Vernon over the long weekend had a bit of…
Vernon School District hit with huge fine for breaking asbestos rules
VERNON – A fine of more than $628,000 has been leveled against the Vernon School…
North Okanagan senior receives longest jail sentence in B.C. history for animal cruelty: SPCA
VERNON – The B.C. SPCA hopes a jail sentence imposed against a North Okanagan horse…
Woman born in Vernon 27 years ago searching for birth parents
VERNON – Twenty-seven years ago, on Oct. 10, 1989, a woman gave birth to a…
Conservative candidate drops out of race in Vernon-Monashee
VERNON – The B.C. Conservatives were the last to announce their candidate in Vernon-Monashee and…
House arrest upgraded to jail for North Okanagan horse owner
VERNON – Armstrong senior Gary Roberts will be serving his sentence behind bars rather than…
Man found guilty of gun charges in 2014 Vernon shooting
“HE TOOK CREDIT FOR CHASING THE ROBBERS” VERNON – After two men tried to rip…
Vernon bylaw will step up monitoring at homeless camps
VERNON – With the number of homeless camps expected to rise again this summer, efforts…
Vernon Mounties remove yellow stripe to protest pay, working conditions
VERNON – Some Vernon police officers are joining the Canada-wide ‘No-Stripe Campaign’ in protest of…
Vernon to investigate options for putting council meetings online
VERNON – Taping Vernon council meetings and posting them online is not as simple as…
Needles found in Vernon playground an isolated incident: School District
VERNON – The Vernon School District is hoping to find out who scattered dozens of…
Dozens of needles found at Vernon elementary school
VERNON – More than 50 discarded needles were found on the grounds of a Vernon…
Vernon man builds back-alley shrine to honour 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge
VERNON – A Vernon man has made it his mission to convert the nondescript alley…
UPDATE: RCMP locate missing Vernon woman
UPDATE: 12:01 p.m., Friday, April 7, 2017 VERNON – RCMP say the 40-year-old Vernon woman…
Ten years later, marijuana trafficking case with ties to the Okanagan still far from over
VERNON – More than a decade after the alleged crime took place, a trafficking case…
Man detained, subsequently released in suspected Vernon drug lab investigation
VERNON – Police and health officials continue to investigate a suspected drug lab found in…
Walk-in Clinics of B.C. launching petition for more family doctors
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A petition will be launched this week, calling on the provincial government to…
No fire coverage means North Okanagan home left to burn
VERNON – It continues to smoulder, and in some places, there’s still open flame at…
RCMP, Hazmat and Health Canada at scene of suspected drug lab in Vernon
VERNON – Police, along with Health Canada and the Vernon Fire Department’s Hazmat team, are…
Tentative deal reached in sale of Vernon’s Green Valley Motel
VERNON – A well-known Vernon property could be in store for some changes. First listed…
Man shot by police in Salmon Arm released from hospital; now in prison
KAMLOOPS – A 22-year-old man who was shot by police in Salmon Arm earlier this…
Four snowmobilers helped from the backcountry by Vernon Search and Rescue
ENDERBY – Vernon Search and Rescue went out to locate two missing snowmobilers over the…
‘Scandalous remarks’ strike a sour note with judge in Vernon neighbours dispute
VERNON – Making inflammatory statements, allegations of deceit and scandalous remarks did not pay off…
MISDIAGNOSIS: MP will look into bigger picture of Vernon woman’s legal struggle
VERNON – A Vernon woman’s concerns with how medical malpractice suits are handled will be…