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The Salvation Army and the City of Vernon's Emergency program are officially teaming up. The Army last summer fed evacuees and volunteers for seven weeks at the reception centre in Vernon as evacuees ...

The City of Armstrong is starting to see interest from home owners in developing carriage homes on their property. Council has received applications from two home owners on Fletcher Avenue and Jarvis ...

Vernon could be buzzing with more bees in the future. Council is supporting bylaw changes to allow bee keeping in single and two family residential districts, and in agricultural and commercial distri...

Vernon council has given the green light to weekly clean-ups of the City Centre neighborhood, including Polson Park. That was one of the more than 40 recommendations made by the Activate Safety Task F...

With the Okanagan Rail Trail officially being opened on Thursday, Regional District of North Okanagan officials are ramping up dog control on the north end. RDNO Parks manager Keith Pinkoski says owne...

Enrolment continues to grow at Okanagan College. Student numbers at the four campuses this fall have increased 13 per cent over a year ago It works out to close to 9,570 students, with 1,088 of those ...

Vernon Vipers have made a one for one trade with the Coquitlam Express. 19 year old defenceman Landon Fuller comes to the Snakes for Nick Wildgoose. Vipers Coach and GM Mark Ferner says the 6 foot 5 i...

Coldstream council has agreed to provide a letter of support for a proposal to add student residences at Okanagan College's Vernon Campus. The college will be applying for provincial funding for a 100...

Premier John Horgan has announced a bundle of cash to follow through on an election promise to improve seniors care in British Columbia. Horgan says 240 million dollars will be spent over three years ...

The cannabis industry is in the spotlight at the inaugural Okanagan Cannabis Business Symposium underway today in Kelowna. Darcy Bomford, CEO of Vernon-based True Leaf Medicine International is a feat...