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Homeless ask for socks, phone cards as part of anonymous wish list project in Vernon, Salmon Arm
VERNON – The communities of Vernon and Salmon Arm are spreading kindness this holiday season…
Not all Vernon council on side with cultural and anti-oppression training
VERNON – City of Vernon staff and council will be getting “cultural competency” and “anti-oppression”…
City councils can approve new RCMP officers but getting them is the hard part
VERNON – Vernon is ready to pay for more police officers, but how long it…
Helping the rescuers: Vernon SAR needs your votes
VERNON – This time, Vernon Search and Rescue needs your help. The volunteer organization is…
As many as 400 people will be caught drinking and driving in the Southern Interior next month, stats show
With so many safe ride home options available in the Southern Interior, there's no reason…
Two robberies, one store: Vernon brother and sister robbed at knife point
"PLEASE DON'T HURT ME" VERNON – As an employee, you’re never really prepared to be…
Armed robbery at Vernon gas station
VERNON – A masked man with a gun held up the clerk at a Vernon…
A mixed bag of weather in the Okanagan this weekend
OKANAGAN – Just about every type of weather can expected in the Okanagan this weekend…
Independent review makes numerous recommendations in North Okanagan drinking water case
NORTH OKANAGAN – A report into a contaminated drinking water aquifer in the North Okanagan…
Vernon woman not giving up fight for costly cystic fibrosis drug
VERNON – Vernon’s Melissa Verleg is raising her voice for the medication she needs. Verleg,…
Salmon Arm RCMP arrest two people in mall parking lot
SALMON ARM – Some fishy behaviour in a Salmon Arm mall parking lot caught the…
Why vacancy rate statistics don’t tell the whole story
You may have heard all kinds of facts and figures this morning about vacancy rates…
RCMP air support, police dogs deployed in Vernon to catch suspect
VERNON – Police zeroed in on a suspect who “posed an extreme risk to the…
Man possibly connected to numerous Okanagan robberies sought by police
VERNON – Police are on the lookout for a man who may be connected to…
UPDATED: Missing Vernon man located
UPDATE: 10:15 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2017 VERNON – RCMP say the man who was…
Local governments taking collective approach to Okanagan Rail Trail
KELOWNA – All the local governments along the route of the Okanagan Rail Trail are…
A slow return to more normal temperatures in the Okanagan this week
OKANAGAN – The week begins with unseasonably mild weather in the Okanagan, but the forecast…
Vernon liquor store clerk robbed at knifepoint
VERNON – RCMP are on the hunt for a knife-wielding suspect after the clerk at…
‘It’s totally unfair’: Vernon woman says health ministry leaving her life in limbo
VERNON – A Vernon woman says her life is filled with uncertainties as she fights…
Okanagan Indian Band still fighting for compensation over military explosives buried on reserve
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band is carrying on its legal fight in B.C. Supreme…
North Okanagan landowners show why goldfish should stay in the bowl
NORTH OKANAGAN – Ken Buck made an unusual discovery during a walk around his new…
Unique Santa experience for children with autism
KELOWNA – The normally happy experience of having a picture taken with Santa can instead…
Five months later, Vernon couple’s missing cat shows up in Nelson
“YOU MUST HAVE BEEN THE PERSON WHO WAS MEANT TO FIND THAT CAT” VERNON –…
Vernon woman caught drinking and driving while leaving RCMP detachment
VERNON – She should’ve called a cab. Instead, a Vernon woman is now facing her…