Category Archives: Top News Stories

(by Kate Bouey) Have fun on the water but don't drink and drive. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP are advising boaters that officers will be patrolling the lakes this summer, conducting routine patrols and ...

(by Kate Bouey) BC emergency preparedness officials are switching from flood watch to flood recovery as the snowpack dwindles in the hills. "Canada Forces resources are returning home, our wildfire op...

(By Kate Bouey) A motorcyclist was taken to hospital in Vernon after a crash just before 4 pm this afternoon. The single vehicle crash occurred on Commonage Road, just south of Bailey Road. The victim...

(By Kate Bouey) Charges have been laid against two men in connection with a cold case murder in Vernon dating back to 1986. Paramjit Singh Bogarh has been charged with first degree murder and conspira...

The Powerhouse Theatre's production "Calendar Girl's" has won the Okanagan Zone Theatre Festival and now goes on to provincial competition. Calendar Girl's went up against 6 other productions in the l...

Details have been released about the largest single donation to the Okanagan Rail Trail campaign. The estate of Edna, Stella and Harry Weatherill has provided $1.45 million to the campaign, which is n...

Provincial and Federal governments aren't the only governments keeping track of their carbon emissions. Cities and towns have an incentive under the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program to check t...

Tiny homes, laneway housing, coach houses above garages - all options the Village of Lumby is looking at as it investigates ways to attract affordable housing. Lumby Council is moving forward on a zon...

Enderby has heard back from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure on a study it conducted on the traffic load on Highway 97-A Mayor Greg McCune says the data that came back wasn't anything...

The City of Vernon is no longer blowing smoke when it comes to pot shops that haven't been following the rules. The City is allowing the existing 14 dispensaries to stay open, but only if they registe...