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It appears tenants could be spared that 4.5 per cent allowable rent increase for January announced a couple of weeks ago. The province's Rental Housing Task Force is proposing changing the increase fo...

A public hearing is to be held in Lumby on a text amendment to the village's zoning bylaw as it relates to affordable housing options. The amendments changes some wording and better defines allowable ...

Coldstream Mayor Jim Garlick says the District had a some interesting meetings with environment and agriculture ministry staff at the UBCM Convention this month. One item that came up was manure manag...

Spallumcheen has been turned down by the Agricultural Land Commission to have a section of land it hoped to develop out of the Agricultural Land Reserve. It's a stretch of about 160 acres in the south...

Enderby Council is hoping to hold its annual Business Walk October 4th this year. Mayor Greg McCune says its an opportunity for both the city and businesses to catch up with each other. "It's great to...

A plan that's worked to control homelessness in an Alberta city may also work for Vernon. That's the suggestion of mayoralty candidate Erik Olesen who will hold a town hall this week focusing on that ...

It's been a grueling 10-day bicycle ride, and this morning the Cops for Kids team arrives back in Kelowna. The 30-plus riders, made up mostly of RCMP officers, left the Central Okanagan on Sept. 14. D...

The Coquitlam RCMP seek the public's help in locating 53 yr old female Kara White. On Sept 6 Kara White was reported as an 'unauthorized absence' from the Cottonwood Lodge in Coquitlam BC. She is now ...

"So buddy...you're new here in the 20 year cell block...what are you in for..." "stealing cigarettes...." "harsh dude... say,...gotta smoke?" A Florida man who stole $600 worth of cigarettes from a co...

In BCHL action yesterday at the League Showcase in Chilliwack, the Vernon Vipers lost 2-1 in overtime to the Surrey Eagles. Surrey tied the game up with less than 2 minutes to play then won it about 2...