Category Archives: Top News Stories
Car Goes Off Highway and Flips
Police say an erratic driver was responsible for a single vehicle rollover crash in Coldstream. Witnesses say a Pontiac Sunfire was driving at high speed and weaving in and out of oncoming traffic bef...
Nov 16, 2018
Update: Close to 600,000 Ballots Returned
The number of BC referendum ballots being returned is starting to pick up. Elections BC says 597,300 of the packages have been received, representing 18 percent of registered voters. "This does not in...
Nov 16, 2018
New Leader Steps Up To The Plate
The Funtastic Sports Society is getting the ball rolling on its 35th annual sports and music festival in 2019. Ryan McGiverin has been appointed president of the non profit group, which held its annua...
Nov 16, 2018
Wing Eating Champ
Brett Taylor has chomped his way to a local championship. He wolfed down 20 buffalo hot wings in 3 minutes and 47 seconds to win the Vernon Wings wing eating contest Thursday night. Taylor -- who also...
Nov 16, 2018
Thief Enters Home of Sleeping Family, Steals Car and Other Items
Police are looking for a thief who broke into a Vernon home and stole a family's car and other items while they were sleeping. A home owner on Marshall Road in Okanagan Landing was woken up by the sou...
Nov 16, 2018
Ministry Approval Sought For Golf Carts
Golf carts could become a common sight on the streets of Armstrong. Mayor Chris Pieper says council has decided to seek approval from BC's Transportation Ministry to allow them. "We are going to send ...
Nov 16, 2018
Stickle Road Saga Nearing End
It's taken more than six months, but an upgrade to Highway 97 and Stickle Road north of Vernon should be done by the end of this month. The Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry says the finishin...
Nov 16, 2018
BC To Fund Gender Affirming Surgeries
BC will become the first province in Western Canada to provide publicly funded gender affirming lower surgeries. Health Minister Adrian Dix says people currently have to travel to Montreal or the U-S ...
Nov 16, 2018
Update: Air Quality Advisory Lifted In Lavington
An air quality advisory has been lifted for Lavington and open burning restrictions are no longer in effect.The advisory and burning ban had been in effect since Wednesday due to high concentrations o...
Nov 16, 2018
Blaze Destroys 9 Vehicles, Damages 11 Others
Surveillance camera footage from inside a carport parking structure, filled with numerous cars, which shows a suspect fleeing on a bicycle after a parked motor vehicle erupts into flames. RCMP say Wed...
Nov 15, 2018
