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The Vernon School Board will have some new members. Former NDP provincial candidate and former CUPE local leader Mark Olsen topped the polls for the four Vernon area trustees with 4,075 votes. Another...

Jim Garlick has been returned for a fourth term as Coldstream mayor. Garlick, a science teacher at Fulton Secondary, easily defeated a challenge from former councillor and retired lawyer Bill Firman, ...

Colin Basran has been returned as Kelowna mayor for a second term. A total of 32,132 voters cast a ballot in Kelowna and the unofficial results are in: Colin Basran will serve as City of Kelowna Mayor...

The results are in for the City of Armstrong where five incumbents have been elected, but a newcomer, Jim Wright, has topped the councillor polls. Mayor Chris Pieper was acclaimed to his fourth term a...

Bob Fleming has been returned as RDNO Area B director for BX Swan Lake, and Amanda Shatzko is the new director for Area C (BX Silver Star). Fleming, who is the current RDNO chair, received 344 votes w...

James Baker has won a fifth term as Lake Country Mayor. He defeated Barry Rhodes 1479 votes to 1266. Penny Gambell (2001 votes) and Bill Scarrow (1456) were elected councillors at large. Cara Reed was...

Christine Fraser is the new mayor of Spallumcheen, defeating incumbent mayor Janice Brown. Fraser is a veteran councillor on township council. Christine A Fraser 679 68.3% Served different Janice E Br...

Demolition of the Civic Arena has begun (Pete McIntyre/Beach Radio photo) One of Vernon's best known buildings will soon be gone. Demolition of the Civic Arena is underway, with crews working to take ...

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) was called out this morning to assist Peachland Fire Rescue in rescuing an injured woman from the summit of Pincushion Mountain above Peachland. The 46-year-...

Voters around BC will go to the polls today to elect their civic and school board reps for the next four years. In Vernon, there will be a new mayor elected, as there's no incumbent in the race, and f...