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Hydro Air Conditioning - 1 Jul 13 TMark BC Hydro says it appears British Columbians are addicted to air conditioning. A hydro report called "Cold comfort: The rising use (and cost) of air conditioning...

BC's Transportation Minister says she had a positive and productive conference call with her Western Canadian counterparts and a representative from Ontario yesterday about Greyhound. Claire Trevena s...

Update 8am Friday July 13 Tom Mark The BCGEU disputes what Gateway Casinos is saying about a wage offer in the strike by casino workers in Vernon, Kelowna, Pencticton and Kamloops. The company says it...

Vernon Search and Rescue volunteers are being trained to handle a new rescue boat that will be on the water this summer. Spokesperson Trevor Honigman says it means SAR members will be ready for whatev...

A 28-year-old Vernon man is in custody after being tracked by a police dog search unit and arrested for allegedly fleeing the scene of a break and enter in Oyama early this morning. Lake Country RCMP ...

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning for the Okanagan Valley, including Vernon, of high winds Friday afternoon -- with gusts of up to 60 kilometres per hour. Boaters are a...

Striking Lake City Casino workers in Vernon are holding a block party today and everyone is invited, says spokesperson Chelsea Leis. "The idea behind it is we've just seen such an outrageous amount of...

Kamloops RCMP now report that Jayleen Fuller has been located in Kamloops and thanks the public for their assistance. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP and Kelowna RCMP are asking people to be on the lookout...

Filming of 'A Score to Settle' starring Nicolas Cage takes place along 27th Street in Vernon Thursday. (Melanie O'Hara/Beach Radio photo) Update 9:25 am Tom Mark A normally busy Vernon street is close...

The District of Spallumcheen is moving ahead on a proposal for the first phase of a large housing development in the southeast sector. Mayor Janice Brown says 1st and 2nd reading was given to zoning a...