Category Archives: Top News Stories

Officials from the Vernon Art Gallery and Greater Vernon Museum and Archives are making their case on the need for a new cultural centre in Vernon. Reps took media on a 'back room tour' of the current...

The City of Vernon has adopted new regulations that allow small wheeled transportation to use the transportation network the same way as cyclists and pedestrians. The list includes skateboards, longbo...

A candidate for school trustee for Lumby and Electoral Areas D and E, is upset no polling station will be set up in Cherryville. School District 22 says Cherryville voters have to go to Lumby to vote ...

You can find out more about the services police and other emergency agencies provide at an event in Vernon today. RCMP are hosting an Emergency Services Showcase from 9:30 to 11:30 in Polson Park. "Wh...

Vernon mayoralty candidates (L-R) Victor Cumming, Art Gourley, Erik Olesen and Darrin Taylor at Chamber of Commerce forum Tuesday. Economic development, homelessness, the plight of young families and ...

As the strike at Gateway Casinos drags on into its third month, the union is calling on the company to get out of the media, and get back to bargaining. BC Government and Service Employees Union presi...

The NDP government is expected to get support from the Liberals to keep the 40-billion-dollar LNG plant and pipeline moving forward. Vernon Monashee Liberal MLA Eric Foster says they will support it, ...

RCMP are again reminding people to be aware of the Grandparent Scam, after a Kelowna area mother was deceived out of thousands of dollars. Police say the woman in her 70's transferred $10,500 to a con...

Lumby council is moving ahead with a new bylaw aimed at creating more affordable housing in the village. Mayor Kevin Acton says council adopted the bylaw Monday after getting input in a public hearing...

Real estate in the Okanagan continues to move from a seller's market, to one that supports buyers and sellers equally. Residential sales activity across the region saw another drop in September, but t...