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Update: The City of Vernon has given four cannabis retailers until this Friday to stop sales. The four stores failed to register a covenant on their property which was part of the city's regulations f...

The BC government will start covering the cost of insulin pumps for all diabetics who want one. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the pumps cost about $6,000, and allow patients to better manage their h...

Vernon RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investigating what's being called the sudden death of a man in downtown Vernon this morning. Police and BC Ambulance were called to the rear of the public L...

Gateway Casinos says wage demands made by unionized casino workers in the Okanagan, are unreasonable. The company and the BCGEU -- which represents 675 employees in Vernon, Kamloops, Kelowna and Penti...

The biggest partner in the Regional District of North Okanagan has given its support to using an alternative approval process on the Vernon Search and Rescue borrowing question. Vernon council says it...

The City of Vernon will take a closer look at reducing cosmetic pesticide use, both on public and private land. Council has directed staff to determine the feasibility of a cosmetic pesticide reductio...

Vernon came close to breaking an 95 year old weather record due to all the rain over the weekend. Armel Castellan from Environment Canada says the storm brought bursts of intense rain to areas like Ve...

(File photo) A dispute between Gateway Casinos and its unionized workers is going to mediation. The president of the BC Government and Service Employees Union, Stephanie Smith, told Beach Radio News t...

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP are investigating a break and enter at a business where two dirt bikes were stolen over the weekend. Officers were called Saturday to the 6300 block of Highway 97 after the ...

A local state of emergency for Peachland has been rescinded as the flood threat diminishes. States of emergency remain in effect for Kelowna, West Kelowna, and the Regional District of Central Okanaga...