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He's been acting fire chief for 21 months. On Tuesday, the City of Vernon announced that David Lind would officially take on that same role at Vernon Fire Rescue Services. During his 21 months on the ...

A record-breaking $300,000 has been raised by golfers attending last weekend's annual Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation Charity Classic golf tournament at Predator Ridge. The foundation is hoping to ...

Photo (L-to-R) Tannis Nelson, Community Services manager, Dauna Kennedy, Vernon Public Art Gallery executive director, Juliette Cunningham, Greater Vernon Advisory Committee chair, Roger Lamoureux, in...

RCMP say calls about the Canada Revenue Agency scam are on the rise in Vernon Mounties say they've seen a notable increase in complaints where a caller claims to be from the CRA, saying the victim has...

The Vernon Vipers have made a one for one deal with the Langley Rivermen. Defenceman Austin Chorney comes to Vernon, while veteran Keyvan Mokhtari goes to the Rivermen, a victim of the team having too...

A Vernon man is facing charges after a lengthy police investigation into a suspected drug lab. Police say 35 year old Jason Lukacs has been charged with two counts of production of a controlled substa...

Vernon now has three people running for mayor this fall. Erik Olesen is the latest, joining Victor Cumming and Darrin Taylor. Olsen is a 26 year old who operates Mac's convenience stores in Vernon and...

Crews are planning controlled burns on two North Okanagan wildfires today or Wednesday. The burns will be performed -- weather permitting -- on the Mabel Creek fire east of Enderby, and the Woodward f...

Andrew Allen Backyard Concert organizer Nadine Laraway-Toop (L) presented a cheque to Julia Payson, Executive Director for Canadian Mental Health Association, Vernon & District Branch. Funds will ...

A social agency is teaming up with several partners to make travel safer for children. The United Way in the Central & South Okanagan/Similkameen and the United Way North Okanagan Columbia Shuswap...