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Vernon council is ready to get down to work on its 2019 budget. Three days of special meetings have been scheduled for Nov. 28 to 30 to the review the financial plan. The meetings will be held in coun...

Officials with Vernon's Salvation Army say the need has never been greater as the annual Kettle campaign is launched. The goal is to raise $500,000 over the next month, funds that will be used for the...

There was some opposition, but in the end, Coldstream council has given the go ahead for more homes at 7608 Coldstream Creek Road. The owner was approved for a development permit to demolish an existi...

Update Sheldon Veness, 25, appeared in Vernon provincial court Wednesday. He is facing seven charges from the Marshall Road incident. He was remanded in custody with his case put over to Dec. 6 for a ...

The City of Armstrong is getting its residents ready for snowfall events this winter. The city has issued a notice outlining its snow removal policy and what role residents have to play. "The City of ...

Helen Armstrong, executive director of the North Okanagan Neurological Association (NONA), left, and Wayside's Nancy Wilde stand with the award-winning sign Wilde designed and Wayside built for the en...

The North Okanagan Shuswap School Board is taking a closer look at separate new policies for concussions and cannabis. Superintendent Peter Jory says with the growing knowledge around the dangers of c...

The Okanagan Basin Water Board is renewing a call for stepped up inspections for invasive mussels at BC border crossings. Executive director Anna Warwick Sears says they are asking BC's Environment Mi...

Lake Country council has given the green light to moving ahead with borrowing money for a new fire hall in Winfield. Voters approved a referendum to borrow up to 6.6 million dollars for the facility b...

Regional District of North Okanagan landfill facilities will stop accepting recyclables as of January 1st, due to reduced global markets. "The market for recyclabes has been significant impacted by po...