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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…
Here come the April showers that bring May flowers to the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Hopefully you got some sun this weekend, because it’s going to be sparse…
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…
Snowpack above average for Thompson and Okanagan basins
KAMLOOPS – If the water in a lake or river near you seems a little…
UPDATE: RCMP locate missing Vernon woman
UPDATE: 12:01 p.m., Friday, April 7, 2017 VERNON – RCMP say the 40-year-old Vernon woman…
Ghost stories, money laundering, and secret tunnels: Storied Armstrong Hotel up for auction
ARMSTRONG – From a ghost named Emily to a secret safe that has never been…
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…
Rain will go away in time for the weekend in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Despite all the rain today and tomorrow in the Okanagan, we should see…
Dr. Nelems leaves behind lasting legacy in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – For his seventieth birthday, Dr. Bill Nelems was cycling through Botswana on the…
Local philanthropist makes donation to Okanagan Rail Trail
KELOWNA – With the latest donation to the Okanagan Rail Trail Initiative, every week the…
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…
UPDATE: Man who disappeared in North Okanagan may be dead: RCMP
LUMBY – The search for an Alberta man missing in the North Okanagan continues, however…
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…