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The City of Vernon is going after childcare funding. Council has okayed a plan to proceed with a Community Child Care Planning Program assessment should a $25,000 grant from the province be successful...

Grade 11 and 12 students interested in a career in law enforcement can find out more at an information session this week. It will be held Thursday night at Kalamalka Secondary School at 6:30. The RCMP...

A review into concerns about discontent within the Enderby Fire Department has led to six members of the department resigning. Mayor Greg McCune says the city hired an independent investigator to look...

A Vernon agency is looking to help skilled workers -- who are new to Canada -- find work. The NexusBC Community Resource Center holds a free information session every third Wednesday at the Vernon Lib...

A trial will be held this fall for a North Okanagan man facing charges involving violence against women. 38 year old Curtis Sagmoen is charged with uttering threats, disguising his face with intent to...

The new Veg-Pro salad products plant in Coldstream had to be evacuated today after an ammonia leak at the facility on Ricardo Road. Coldstream and hazardous materials experts from Vernon Fire Rescue a...

UPDATE: 3:50 p.m. It was a close 3-2 vote, but Vernon city council will allow Vernon Winter Carnival to stay in its 35th Avenue office and with no departure date set in stone. The society must accept ...

Photo: Jodi Manchee, registered nurse in operating room, with an anaesthesia machine. While some fundraisers struggled over the Christmas season, not the Light A Bulb campaign. The Vernon Jubilee Hosp...

UPDATE: 3:30 p.m. A plan for another hotel along Anderson Way will proceed after Vernon city council granted a variance permit Monday. The approval allows the 114-room Best Western Premier hotel to pr...

Police have released a surveillance photo hoping it will generate tips on a Kelowna shoplifting suspect who allegedly pulled out a knife when confronted by store staff. A man was seen concealing a num...