Category Archives: Top News Stories

Customers of the Killiney Beach and Westshore Estates Water Systems in the North Westside Road area are being asked to limit their water use to domestic indoor household needs. It's recommended outdoo...

An Enderby couple has a million reason to smile. Jessica Gallagher and Joshua Hartnell matched all 7 numbers to win the $1 million Max-million Lotto Max prize from the June 1 draw. Jessica discovered ...

The Regional District of North Okanagan has issued a mandatory reduction of water use for customers on the Mabel Lake Water Utility. It's due to a power outage at Mabel Lake impacting the ability to p...

A popular recreation site in Vernon has been closed. Several trees were blown down on Kin Beach overnight due to strong winds that reached 87 km-h. "As a result of recent high winds and significant tr...

Tree blown down in Kin Beach Park on Okanagan Lake (Tom Mark/Beach Radio photo) It's been a busy day for BC Hydro crews. They are still dealing with 87 outages, according to Hydro's web site, from thi...

Vernon Mayor Akbal Mund says our current art gallery and museum are old and its time to replace them. The public will be asked to approve borrowing 25 million dollars towards the 40 million dollar cos...

Enderby Council has given three readings to a bylaw on cannabis regulations. Mayor Greg McCune says the amendments will cover where production and sales can take place once people apply. "We'll have d...

The BC government has announced new rules to cover payday-lending practices, and to protect people from excessive fees when cashing BC Employment and Assistance cheques. Solicitor General Mike Farnwor...

An open house is going to be held tomorrow in Coldstream to give the public a chance to find out about a raft of changes to the district's zoning bylaw They cover everything from parking and housing t...

Vernon Search and Rescue's Winch helicopter team was pressed into service yesterday afternoon to rescue a woman well up the King Edward Forest Service Road. SAR's Pete Wise picks up the story. "Word w...