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CP NewsAlert: Canada passes 500,000 COVID-19 cases following Saskatchewan report
Canada has surpassed 500,000 cases of COVID-19 as infections continue to surge in several provinces.Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold today, with 252 new cases reported.Earlier i...
Dec 19, 2020
UPDATE Police locate missing woman
UPDATE 8:22 p.m.The 41 year old woman last seen on December 18th, 2020 in Vernon has been located safe and well. The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance.
Dec 19, 2020
World junior hockey championship pre-tournament games reduced because of COVID-19
EDMONTON - Canada won't play Sweden in a pre-tournament game before the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton because of Sweden's extended quarantine. Exhibition games scheduled for Sunday and ...
Dec 19, 2020
Volunteers raise money for Teen Junction
The Teen Junction in Vernon has received some extra funding, thanks to some valuable volunteers in the Vernon area.Vernon Crime Prevention Coordinator, Regan Borisenko, and the Vernon RCMP volunteers ...
Dec 19, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Canada passes 500,000 COVID-19 cases following Saskatchewan report
Canada has surpassed 500,000 cases of COVID-19 as infections continue to surge in several provinces. Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold today, with 252 new cases reported. Earlier...
Dec 19, 2020
Israeli PM joins world leaders getting COVID-19 vaccine
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world's leaders to be inocula...
Dec 19, 2020
First New Brunswick vaccinations begin at nursing home in Miramichi
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - New Brunswick started its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Saturday with the inoculation of an 84-year-old nursing home resident who said needles don't bother her in the least. Pauli...
Dec 19, 2020
Air search off N.S. coast suspended until Sunday for missing scallop fishermen
HILLSBURN, N.S. - The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off in...
Dec 19, 2020
Canadian Oshae Brissett one of three players waived by Raptors ahead of opener
TAMPA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors have waived Canadian guard/forward Oshae Brissett, forward/centre Henry Ellenson and forward Alize Johnson.The team's roster now stands at 17 players. Toronto's seaso...
Dec 19, 2020
Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter dies at 97
JACKSON, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died. He was 97. Winter, who was governor from 1980 to 198...
Dec 19, 2020

What Matters

Pay
Vernon's mayor and council pay going up as originally planned
9h ago
Official Community Plan
Vernon's new OCP officially adopted
10h ago
Shopping Interruption
Vernon's mall evacuated after fire alarm pulled
10h ago
Highway alerts
Two orange rainfall warnings issued as heavy rain threatens southern B.C. highways
14h ago
Missing Snowmobilers
Three sledders, two whom were missing for days, rescued from Hunters Range area
15h ago