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Tolko Industries will be shutting down its Armstrong and Soda Creek lumber operations for two weeks, starting on Monday, May 27. The Vernon-based company cites challenging industry conditions as the r...

The North Okanagan Shuswap School Board has approved new policy covering the pay and expenses for trustees. The chairperson of the five member District 83 board will be paid $16,500 a year, while the ...

The federal tourism minister has told North Okanagan business leaders about Ottawa's 60 million dollar investment in the tourism industry over the next two years. Melanie Joly took part in a roundtabl...

Members of an Okanagan school's ultimate frisbee team are able to get to provincials thanks to the generosity of a BC Hockey League team. The West Kelowna Warriors have donated their team bus to the C...

It's been a dry spring so far in the Okanagan, but that's apparently about to change. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement that includes all areas of the Okanagan. The weather age...

Several hundred aging power poles will be replaced with new ones in the Vernon area this year. It's part of ongoing maintenance by BC Hydro which will replace more than 8,000 wooden poles across B.C. ...

A former Coldstream councillor and local lawyer has passed away. Bill Firman was on District council for two terms from 2005 to 2011. "It's no secret when I was there for a couple of terms that I was ...

Two B.C. ministers will be making a stop in Vernon the next few days. Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing will be at My Place, on 27 Avenue where she is expected to make an affo...

It could be a dry summer in parts of B.C. Provincial officials say the latest snowpack figures show the lowest levels for this time of year in the past 40 years. The levels range from 32% of normal on...

Update: 3:30 p.m. RCMP have issued details about this morning's incident: "A vehicle was pulling out of a parking spot and hit a gas meter," says Constable Kelly Brett. "No injuries and no MVA (Motor ...