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The 15th candidate to announce a run for Vernon councillor says she's been attending council meetings for two years, and fully understands what's involved. Jasmine Finlay says business owners, citizen...

City of Vernon contractors are ready to start the fall weed program to control weeds and grasses. The vegetation can impact traffic visibility, damage road surfaces and cause safety issues for pedestr...

There will be a race this fall in Area B of the Regional District of North Okanagan, representing BX-Swan Lake. Myles McGovern, the president and CEO of a Vernon-based environmental technology company...

The Regional District of North Okanagan says a recent clean up of a Vernon park is a good example of people doing great things for their community. A small group of neighbours of Hidden Park along 33r...

RCMP Superintendent Shawna Baher chats with Patrick Vance and Dawn Tucker at Coffee With A Cop at Triumph Coffee in Vernon (Pete McIntyre/Beach Radio) Several dozen people came out to the first ever C...

The head of the Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP says a service change with night time calls to police will affect all the larger detachments in the South East District. Superintendent Shawna Baher says the...

The union representing striking casino workers in the Okanagan and Kamloops says mediated talks broke off last week because the company wouldn't back-up claims they can't afford the union's wage propo...

Anyone drawing water from the Falkland water system is advised to boil their water before using it. Recent water quality tests have identified a high bacterial count in the system's drinking water sup...

A long-time school district employee is taking a run for Vernon Council. Kevin Lepp has lived in Vernon for 48 years and has been employed by the school District for more than 26 years. He has also be...

The City of Vernon has updated its bylaw to outline where smoking and vaping of any substance in public places is allowed - or not allowed. Communications officer Nick Nilsen says the new federal laws...