The City of Vernon is encouraging people use its online portal for financial billing.With the ongoing Canada Post labour dispute, the city said residents and business owners may experience delays in receiving utility bills, property tax notices and business license renewals.To ensure people receive their important bill...

Skiers and snowboarders will be able to hit the slopes earlier than expected.SilverStar Mountain Resort will open a week early for the 2024-25 winter season.The Express Gondola, Comet Chair, and Silver Queen will officially open at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, with more than 10 groomed runs ready for riders."We ar...

Fundraising is well underway for the planned near-$5 million expansion of space and offerings at Sovereign Lake Nordic Club (SLNC), around a 25-minute drive from downtown Vernon.The club aims to renew their public day lodge that will give them the space and amenities needed to welcome Nordic sports enthusiasts of all a...

British Columbians in need of rides will have more options in the near future.Uber has announced it will be expanding it's services to communities throughout B.C. starting in early 2025."British Columbians and visitors alike are constantly opening the app to try and find a ride just like they can in most cities ac...

Kelowna RCMP are searching for a stolen truck that has a number of unique features.The black Ford F350 was reported stolen from a business in the 2700 block of Highway 97 in the early morning of Sunday, Nov. 10.The truck is lifted with black wheels and has several other unique features, including a front push bar, blac...

Police in Kelowna launched an operation to target school zone speeders earlier this month, yielding striking results.RCMP say the Kelowna Municipal Traffic Section 45 school zone violation tickets were issued between Nov. 4 and 7.Among those issued tickets was a driver who was caught going 69 kilometres per hour in a 3...

Heated floors are popular for good reason, but they're not for everyone. Dennis from Arden Tile laid out some of the pros and cons of heated tile for your bathroom, and how to decide whether they're worth the investment. First things first "My first question to my clients is always whether or not they like the fee...

When your vision is good and your eyes feel fine, it might seem like there's no reason to see an eye doctor. For people 65 and over, that's not the case. "This is a big misconception," stated optometrist Dr. Mark Langer. He said a lot of the major eye conditions that can cause significant vision loss later in...

Waking up with a headache is no way to start your day. For many people, the cause of that headache starts in their mouth. Dr. Krystal Hakkaart and Certified Dental Assistant, Valerie Suraci of Elevate Dental explain the link. "There are a couple of reasons why headaches come from tension to clenching your jaw, to ...

SAANICH - Mounties on Vancouver Island say they are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left "multiple" people injured. Sidney North Saanich RCMP say officers were called to a shopping plaza in Sidney at about 2:30 p.m. They say a number of people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening in...

TORONTO - An Emily Carr painting that sold for US$50 at an estate sale has fetched C$290,000 at a Toronto auction. Heffel Fine Art Auction House says "Masset, Q.C.I." sold for $290,000 at its fall sale Wednesday night. That's above a presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000, and does not include auction house...

A salmon task force examining the impacts of the massive landslide that temporarily dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River last July says there have been three "significant" slope failures since then, and the site remains unstable. A statement from the Tsilhqot'in National Government, which is part of the ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says in a statement that the announcement is in response to his party's demands to permanently lift the goods and services tax on a ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has picked a former Michigan congressman as his upcoming administration's ambassador to Canada. Trump said in a statement that Pete Hoekstra would help him "once again put America first." Hoekstra thanked Trump on social media platform X, saying he was honoured f...

SURREY - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say a year-long investigation has led to one of the largest drug seizures in the detachment's history and will "disrupt" the drug trade in the city. RCMP say they launched an investigation in June 2023 into a criminal group alleged to be involved in trafficking "high-po...

TORONTO - Fraser Minten scored his first NHL goal as the injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in a feisty contest Wednesday. The 20-year-old forward from Vancouver, playing his fifth career NHL game and first of this season, opened the scoring on Toronto's second shot on goal at 8:53 ...

Things just didn't feel right for Adam Hadwin when he missed the cut at the Shriners Children's Open on Oct. 18, so he went back to the drawing board. Hadwin, from Abbotsford, B.C., spent the next month working on his swing, making subtle changes to improve his mechanics, and entered in this week's RSM Classic - the fi...

Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night after being the league's first pitching triple crown winner since 2011. In his first season with the Braves, Sale led the NL with 18 wins and 225 strikeouts, while his 2.38 ERA was the best among all major league qualifiers....