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Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95
NEW YORK (AP) - Arthur Frommer, whose "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Frommer...
Nov 18, 2024

45 activists sentenced in Hong Kong national security case. The longest term is 10 years
HONG KONG (AP) - Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed ...
Nov 18, 2024

NHL referee Mitch Dunning communicative, can move extremities following violent collision
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - NHL referee Mitch Dunning was fully communicative and ccould move all his extremities following a violent collision with Colorado defenceman Josh Manson in Monday night's game at P...
Nov 18, 2024

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A judge on Monday struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Teton County District ...
Nov 18, 2024

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A judge on Monday struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Teton County District ...
Nov 18, 2024

City traffic lights undergo testing
Technicians will be testing all City-owned traffic signalized intersections over the next three weeks.Crews will be working on site between 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily.The testing will require each ...
Nov 18, 2024

Pirates ace Paul Skenes and Yankees starter Luis Gil win the Rookie of Year awards
Hard-throwing Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes capped a remarkable season by winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday while Luis Gil of the New York Yankees edged Baltimore's C...
Nov 18, 2024

Debris falls from roof at home of Cowboys before game against Texans
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A piece of the roof at the home of the Dallas Cowboys fell to the field while the retractable portion of it was being opened at least three hours before a game against Houston ...
Nov 18, 2024

Pirates ace Paul Skenes and Yankees starter Luis Gil win the Rookie of Year awards
Hard-throwing Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes capped a remarkable season by winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday while Luis Gil of the New York Yankees edged Baltimore's C...
Nov 18, 2024

Debris falls from roof at home of Cowboys before game against Texans
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A piece of the roof at the home of the Dallas Cowboys fell to the field while the retractable portion of it was being opened at least three hours before a game against Houston ...
Nov 18, 2024

What Matters
Warm, Dry Winter
Super El Nino forming, could have serious impacts on Vernon and the Okanagan
Nov 10, 2026

Sponsored Content
Think about your destination and not the road.
Election Participation
Voter turnout declined in Vernon, North Okanagan for the provincial election
Nov 10, 2026
Fatal Overdoses
More local drug deaths, but still below record high levels
Nov 10, 2026

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Something big is going on at Predator Ridge!
Money Matters
Coldstream bringing in new CFO
Nov 9, 2026
Friday Evening Crash
One person deceased in crash near Salmon Arm
Nov 9, 2026