Volcano on Iceland’s Rekjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

A weather system developing over the Pacific Ocean could have serious ramifications locally and for the Okanagan.A Super El Nino has been developing and intensifying since early September, and Hayley Dosser, a Physical Scientist for the Seasonal-to-Decadal Climate Services branch of Canadian Centre for Climate Services...

The voting booths were less busy for the snap provincial election this October.ElectionsBC said the Vernon-Lumby riding saw a total of 26,277 votes cast.That was down from the 2024 election, which saw 27,729 votes cast across the riding.Similar declines in voter turnouts were recorded in the other ridings across the No...

Suspected illicit drug deaths saw another increase locally this September, but Vernon and the province are not on track to have another record high for death tolls.The B.C. Coroners Service said four fatal overdoses were recorded in Vernon last month, up from the two deaths seen locally in August.As of the end of Septe...