Category Archives: Top News Stories
Larger Crowds Expected For Remembrance Day
The crowds are expected to be bigger for Remembrance Day services this year, given that it's the 100th anniversary since the end of World War One. Vernon's ceremony will be held at Kal Tire Place Sund...
Nov 11, 2018
Some Lottery $$$ Lands in BC
No single winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in last night's Lotto 649 draw. However there is some good news...the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in British...
Nov 11, 2018
Vipers Tough OT Loss to Salmon Arm
In BCHL play last night the Vernon Vipers dropped a tough one to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks 4-3 in Overtime. Michael Young would score 2 for the Snakes in the loss, earning Third Star. In KIJHL...
Nov 11, 2018
Vipers Penalty Kill Costs the Game
Special teams made the difference in the outcome last night as the Vernon Vipers were defeated 4-3 by the Merritt Centenials. Merritt went 3/5 on the power play while Vernon went 0/6. Despite heavily ...
Nov 10, 2018
Air Quality Advisories Issued
Air quality advisories have been issued for Vernon and Lavington. The Ministry of Environment says it's due to high concentrations of fine particulates, caused by wood smoke (wood stoves and/or open b...
Nov 09, 2018
Update: Casino Strike Over, Passed By 7 votes
Update A more than four month long strike at casinos in the Thompson-Okanagan is over after a razor-thin ratification vote. BCGEU members at Gateway Casinos in Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton and Kamloops ...
Nov 09, 2018
First Snowfall Brings Usual Issues
Highway 97 south of Vernon Friday morning after first snowfall of the season. (Drive BC) It looks like the worst of the season's first snowfall is over -- at least in the Vernon area. The snow started...
Nov 09, 2018
Update: Shuswap Mail Impacted By Strike
Postal workers walk a picket line outside the Vernon Post Office Thursday. 9 am Mail delivery is back to normal today in the North Okanagan. About 90 postal workers from Vernon, Armstrong, Lumby and F...
Nov 09, 2018
Community Radio Seeks CRTC Support
The airwaves in Vernon could one day include a community radio station. The Vernon Community Radio Society has filed an application with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission...
Nov 08, 2018
One Man Crime Wave
A Lake Country man is accused of going on a two day crime spree in the Castlegar area. Police say 28 year-old Sean Patrick Byrne is being held in custody in the West Kootenays, and could be charged wi...
Nov 08, 2018
