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Armstrong residents are facing a 2.6 percent tax hike next year. That's the figure Armstrong council is supporting, giving the financial plan bylaw three readings Monday, with final approval expected ...

The Vernon branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association has launched a fundraising campaign to raise $20,000 this holiday season. Executive director Julia Payson says while the target is not large...

A new project in Vernon aims to create a personal connection between community members and homeless individuals. The Homeless Partners Christmas Wish List is a website being used by the Turning Points...

Vernon's Hannah Mehain competing in the women's 10 km classic distance race on Sunday (Peggy Hung photo) Some of the top cross country skiers from Canada and the United States took part in the opening...

Police in Vernon used a spike belt to stop a suspected stolen vehicle coming into town on the highway overnight. The Ford F-150 pickup had fled from police in Lake Country, but was disabled after runn...

If you were planning a trip to the coast, you might want to wait a day or two. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway - Hope to Merrit. "Total snowfall amounts of ...

The Vernon Winter Carnival Society is asking city council to reconsider evicting the group next June from its aging headquarters in the Halina Centre parking lot on 35th Avenue. Chair Deb White says t...

Applications allowing local pot shops to legally open are expected to come flooding in to the City of Vernon as early as tomorrow. On Monday, city council passed cannabis bylaw amendments that will al...

Improvements to Hurlburt Park are back on track. The City of Vernon has accepted a bid of $510,271 to upgrade the beach on Okanagan Lake, off Eastside Road. The work to make the site safer and more ac...

The province is ready to get public input on its draft management plan for Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park. The plan looks at future uses for the park, south of Vernon, and is based on more than 250 pu...