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B.C. residents who are paid minimum wage, will be making more as of this Saturday. The minimum wage will rise from $12.65 an hour to $13.85 on June 1, an increase of 9.5%. The minimum rates for liquor...

Failing to properly care for your pets is now illegal and it will cost you. Vernon city council approved amendments to the Animal Regulation and Animal Pound bylaws at their meeting on Monday. The cha...

Update The District of Lake Country in conjunction with Interior Health has rescinded a Boil Water Notice on the Okanagan Lake Distribution System issued May 23. "All bacterial testing results and dis...

Some of the city's murals will be getting a face lift. Council voted to approve spending $10,000 out of the mural reserve fund to wash and re-seal the paint on some of the murals. The money will come ...

Residents are invited to take in a free screening of the groundbreaking Canadian film 'The Grizzlies.' The movie, which is based on a true story, is about Inuit youth in a small Arctic community with ...

More B.C. residents will be able to get government-funded legal advice under a new service from the Legal Services Society. The Province is reducing eligibility rules, allowing legal aid lawyers to he...

The Province is looking for feedback from British Columbians on cellphone contracts. A public survey has been launched to identify ways to promote transparency and fairness and help government in revi...

Local members of the People's Party of Canada will choose their federal election candidate at a nomination meeting this weekend in Vernon. Ian Tribes and Kyle Delfing are seeking the nomination for th...

Update A man was arrested for allegedly driving while impaired after hitting a pedestrian in downtown Vernon. RCMP say a 59 year old man suffered serious but non life threatening injuries around 9 p.m...

An official with Interior Health says they haven't ruled out any potential sites for an overdose prevention clinic in Vernon. North Okanagan Administrator of Mental Health and Substance Use, Colleen M...