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A proposed pot shop on 35th street will not be open for business any time soon. Council voted against providing a positive recommendation for the shop's application to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulati...

Consultants are still examining damage to the Vernon courthouse, but at this point, they do not believe the 105-year old building is beyond repair. The Ministry of Attorney General says damage has bee...

Paramedics had to attend to a medical emergency during a show at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre over the weekend. BC Emergency Health Services says a woman collapsed in the theatre while at Mamma M...

An Okanagan woman is making the most of her chance as an author. Blossom Turner of Lake Country wrote "Anna's Secret," a love story with a twist, that is set in the Okanagan. Turner, a freelance write...

Organizers were thrilled with the Smooth Operations Gala that raised over 100-thousand dollars for enhanced medical care in the North Okanagan. A sold-out crowd of 240 people attended Saturday's event...

People were wondering what was going on outside Vernon's Village Green Centre Sunday afternoon. There were a number of police cars and ambulances in the parking lot at the Canadian Tire end just befor...

Update 11:30 a.m. A wildfire east of Kamloops is no longer listed as "out of control." The BC Wildfire Service says the Buse Creek fire is being held at 19 hectares. The blaze broke out Sunday and had...

The Regional District of the North Okanagan voted to approve funding for the 2019 Armstrong Interior Provincial Exhibition. The board approved $3000 for organics diversion programs at the popular even...

Two more pot shop applications will before Vernon council for support this afternoon, which if approved, will be the 11th and 12th. One is in a commercial building at 2813 35th Street in the downtown,...

Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP Superintendent Shawna Baher will be presenting the latest policing report to City council today. Baher says criminal code cases in the first quarter were up 1.7% in the Nort...