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A stay of proceedings has been issued for a man accused in an attack at a campsite in Monte Lake, northwest of Vernon. 43 year old Jody Archie York had been charged with aggravated assault after polic...

Fortunately no one was injured, but a two vehicle crash did some damage to a Vernon property. Police say a truck and a car collided at 16th Avenue and 43rd Street Thursday afternoon after the driver o...

RCMP in Kelowna are seeking more information after a child said they saw what they believed to be another unknown child being yelled at, grabbed and placed inside a white pickup truck. The incident wa...

Update The deadline for BC's referendum on electoral reform has been extended by one week. Elections BC says the voting period will now end at 4:30 on December 7th. Chief electoral officer Anton Boegm...

Business owners in downtown Vernon are again calling for action to deal with crime and safety issues with the street-entrenched population. A meeting this week brought together merchants, and official...

The Regional District of North Okanagan will be saving a few trees by adopting modern technology. The RDNO board has agreed to provide directors with iPads, to save having to print out an estimated 9,...

They now have enough snow. Silver Star Mountain Resort has announced it will open its alpine season Saturday. Sales and marketing director Ian Jenkins says they'll have 14 runs and two lifts including...

Police in Vernon have arrested a prolific offender who they say took the bait -- a bait car to be more specific. Officers were called to West Vernon Sunday where a man allegedly used a screwdriver and...

Bill McKinnon will present his recommendations to improve public safety in Kelowna in report to City Council on Monday. The city's former RCMP Superintendent says his ideas look at all aspects of publ...

The new Vernon school board will take a new look at busing in the district. Chair Robert Lee says trustees had a discussion about the issue at their meeting Wednesday, and agreed to form a new transpo...