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The amount of funding O'Keefe Ranch gets from Vernon, will be decided by the next city council. Mayor Akbal Mund says the plan was to reduce the subsidy in half next year -- to 50-thousand dollars. "A...

The turnout was better than expected for an open house on the Parks Master Plan For Areas B and C. The event at the BX Fire Hall Wednesday was RDNO's second consultation to gather feedback on the plan...

There's been an explanation from the City of Vernon as to why only a one-way, southbound road is being built from Stickle Road to behind RONA. City spokesperson Nick Nilsen says the province never off...

The Sovereign Lake Nordic Club has won the bid to host the Canadian Ski Nationals in 2020. The ten day event, March 21-29, will bring over 800 athletes, coaches and parents to the region for high leve...

A busy secondary road in Kelowna has been closed due to what police say is a multi vehicle crash. It's closed the northbound lanes in the 4000 block of Glenmore Road North. "The road will remain close...

from Greg Fry of CFJC News There was chaos at Dufferin Elementary School in Kamloops today as 135 students were stung by wasps during the annual Terry Fox Run. The incident occurred just before lunch ...

Three years after the idea first surfaced, the Okanagan Rail Trail has officially been opened. A ribbon cutting was held in Oyama today, with over 300 people on hand. Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran says t...

The BC Coroners Service says the number of suspected illicit drug overdose deaths in BC continues to drop month-to-month. Numbers out today show 98 deaths in August compared with 134 in July, a 27 per...

Picture: Susan Holtzman   Researchers at UBC Okanagan say criticizing someone by text rather than face-to-face could o more harm than good. They say people who text criticism thinking that's less...

A new BC Hydro report finds British Columbians' addiction to personal electronics has resulted in a 150 per cent increase in electricity use from small electronics since 1990. Hydro President Chris O'...