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Local high schoolers take home hardware in rowing competition
Several Vernon rowers made it to the podium at the Delta Deas Scholastic Regatta.The event, held on May 24 and 25, saw Vernon athletes compete against 228 crews from across B.C. on the 1,000 metre cou...
Jun 2, 2025
Body found in water off Kelowna's City Park
A body has been found and recovered from the lake off Kelowna City Park.The RCMP E Division Underwater Recovery Team successfully retrieved the body Monday, June 2, which was identified as a male. The...
Jun 2, 2025
Vancouver mayor, city councillors to meet with federal officials in Ottawa
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says Mayor Ken Sim and two city councillors will travel to Ottawa this week to meet with senior federal officials. It says in a news release that the delegation, whic...
Jun 2, 2025
IIHF, PWHL not aligned over scheduling of 2026 women's world hockey championship
The International Ice Hockey Federation has postponed announcing the host city of the 2026 women's world hockey championship. The IIHF introduced running a women's championship in the same year as an ...
Jun 2, 2025
Ottawa collects extra $617M from import duties in March as counter-tariffs hit U.S.
OTTAWA - Ottawa collected an extra $617 million in import duties this past March compared to a year earlier as counter-tariffs against U.S. trade restrictions came into effect. The federal government'...
Jun 2, 2025
NexusBC highlights its supports and services to mark Seniors Week
A local agency looks to celebrate B.C. Seniors Week by highlighting the services and supports available to older adults in Vernon and the North Okanagan.Seniors Week runs from June 3 to 9, and NexusBC...
Jun 2, 2025
Lane closed following crash on 25th Ave
An eastbound lane of 25th Avenue was closed Monday morning following a multi-vehicle collision.The crash occurred around 9:45 a.m., and appeared to involve a black pickup truck rear-ending a white SUV...
Jun 2, 2025
B.C.'s Buck Pierce, Edmonton's Mark Kilam to meet in their CFL head-coaching debuts
Buck Pierce will make his CFL head-coaching debut in familiar surroundings. Pierce begins his tenure as B.C.'s head coach Saturday night when the Lions host the Edmonton Elks. Pierce, 43, began his CF...
Jun 2, 2025
First Nations infrastructure critical but not nation-building: minister
OTTAWA - The new federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister says building up First Nations infrastructure is "critical" but doesn't qualify as nation-building as her government works to fast-track ne...
Jun 2, 2025
Federal hate crime charge for man authorities say injured 8 in Colorado attack
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A man accused of using a makeshift flamethrower and an incendiary device to attack a group in Boulder, Colorado, that had gathered to bring attention to Israeli hostages in Gaza,...
Jun 2, 2025
