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A date has been set for a decision on an application for bail by a man accused of violence against women. 38 year old Curtis Sagmoen is facing several charges tied to an incident last year on near Fal...

Nov. 7 Vernon's Shanda Hill is out of the water, and onto the bike. The ultra athlete is in 12th place out of 14 competitors (two dropped out) after the 38 kilometre swim at the Deca race in New Orlea...

Vernon has apparently become a less dangerous city over the past year. That's the suggestion from the latest list of Canada's most dangerous places in Maclean's magazine which bases it on the crime se...

The Vernon Civic Arena could be nothing but rubble in a few short weeks. A crew has been working on decommissioning and demolishing the 80 year old building since early September. The project should b...

Photo: Lisa Westermark, VJH Foundation Executive Director, with anaesthesia machine The goal for this year's Light A Bulb campaign is $275,000. The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation has launched the ...

Tickets go on sale at 9 am Dec 7th for Vernon Winter Carnival events. The 59th annual event with the theme 'A Pirate's Carnival' will be held next February 1-10, presented by Valley First. "The line u...

Police officers use bullet proof vests -- and now some police dogs will also have better protection. A donation from the Kelowna Morningside Rotary Club has allowed RCMP to equip service dogs in the C...

The North Okanagan Early Years Centre has had good success in getting grants from the BC government. The latest is a $250,000 gaming grant, after getting $500,000 from the Ministry of Children and Fam...

Vernon has one of the 20 new conservation officers now on the job in BC. Environment Minister George Heyman says it's the largest influx of recruits the Conservation Officer Service in 10 years. Heyma...

The new Vernon council takes its seats around new mayor Victor Cumming, with returning councillor Scott Anderson (at left) feeling a bit left out (Kate Bouey photo) A returning member of Vernon counci...