Category Archives: Sports

The Greater Vernon Advisory Committee will take a closer look at a request for funding from a local sports group. The Vernon Pickleball Club is seeking $500,000 for new courts, which is also the amoun...

Everyone is anxiously awaiting the playoffs next weekend, so the Vernon Vipers are hosting a skills competition this Friday night to get us geared up. There will be five events that the Snakes will ta...

The Vernon Vipers have announced they will stage their first 'Skills Competition' this coming Friday, March 10th at Kal Tire Place. There will be five events for players to participate in along side V...

The BC rink is looking to get on a win streak at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier. John Morris's rink with Vernon's Jim Cotter and Kelowna's Tyrel Griffith and Rick Sawatsky lost their first two games, 9-7 ...

An event combining action, energy, and music is coming to Silver Star Mountain. Monster Energy will be bringing Monster Boarderstyle to the resort March 10th and 11th. Four riders at a time compete in...

Jim Cotter is hoping his seventh trip to the Tim Horton's Brier will be a lucky one. His Vernon-Kelowna team, representing BC, opens play tomorrow (Saturday) at the national championship in St John's ...

A Vernon hockey product is moving closer to home after being traded on NHL trade deadline day. The Ottawa Senators packaged forward Curtis Lazar and defenceman Mike Kostka in a deal to the Calgary Fla...

The Vernon Vipers closed out the regular season with a 7-1 victory over the Trail Smoke Eaters, Saturday night at Kal-Tire Place. With a goal in each period, Brett Stapley, who committed to Denver Uni...

The Vernon Vipers fell 3-1 to the Trail Smoke Eaters last night at Cominco Arena. It was a scoreless first period with the shots in favour of Vernon 15-9. But Trail got on the board with a power play ...

Former Vernon Viper forward Connor Jones has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the New York Islanders. The 26 year old Jones -- who played for the Vipers along with his twin brother Kellen from...