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It's been a hot week for the hundreds of young people at the Vernon Cadet Training Centre. The participants, aged 12 to 18 from around Western Canada, are taking part in training and programs ranging ...

Lumby Council has adopted its new Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw aimed at improving the look of its downtown and commercial zone. It gives a tax exemption for five years for businesses that add on...

Picture: BC Wildfire Service   The Central Okanagan Regional District has activated an Emergency Operations Centre to support BC Wildfire Service crews fighting the Good Creek fire within Okanaga...

Update: 5:35 pm Highway 97 is now open to single lane alternating traffic with RCMP escort between Peachland and Summerland. Drive BC says motorists should expect heavy delays. Alternate route via Hig...

The body of a missing man in West Kelowna has been found above the Shannon Lake area. The 52 year old man's family had reported him missing on Tuesday. "During a search of their missing man's home, ou...

Update 1 pm The Dee Lake Road wildfire, which started Monday south of Vernon, is now listed as being held. "It's putting up minimal smoke now and there was no growth overnight, so the fire is now clas...

Update: 12:30 pm (Photo courtesy of Global Okanagan, Klaudia Van Emmerick) A house in Lumby has been damaged by a fire. Fire chief Tony Clayton says the home on Shuswap Avenue, across from the RCMP de...

The Okanagan Indian Band says it is deeply concerned that a woman walking on Sandy Beach next to Kin Beach was poked by a hypodermic needle she stepped on in the sand last Saturday. Ashley Irving says...

A young suspect was arrested at Kal Beach in Coldstream Tuesday night after allegedly spraying people with bear spray. Police say they got multiple calls around 8:30 pm, and upon arrival, found severa...

There were some tense moments in Vernon's East Hill area Tuesday night. Lightning struck a power pole in the 1200 block of 25th Avenue, causing it to ignite a nearby hedge into flames, around 8:30 pm....