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The wet weather today means it will be a quiet night on Vernon sports fields. Recreation Vernon has closed all the fields today due to the rain.

Some residents of Parker Cove on the Okanagan Indian Band have been put on evacuation alert due to potential flooding. The band's emergency operations centre says the alert covers 41 homes on Falcon A...

If you have a cellphone capable of receiving an alert, you should get one this afternoon at 1:55. Wireless alerts will be tested for the first time in B.C. at that time as part of the federal-provinci...

The Polson Avengers continue their mission to make Polson Park safer. The volunteer group has been cleaning-up discarded needles and garbage, while trying to create a safer atmosphere, since forming l...

Lumby Council is dealing with a new application for another medical marijuana facility. A company called Marigold Acres is asking council to rezone land at the corner of Mountain View Avenue and Highw...

Photo: Contractor Paul Dick prepares for work along the Okanagan Rail Trail to stabilize and protect vulnerable shoreline areas from high water. (Submitted photo) A generous donation has the Okanagan ...

Public trails along BX Creek will remain closed due to the rapid snow melt, rising water levels, and wet weather. The regional district is standing by its decision to temporarily close BX Creek Trail ...

The BC government has announced an annual fund to build or replace playgrounds at BC schools. Premier John Horgan says safe, high quality play areas make a real difference in young people's lives. "It...

Spallumcheen Council has had to delay approval of its 2018 budget. Mayor Janice Brown says councillors were also set to approve it until they were notified of a school tax change. But the general budg...

Auditors have given Lumby Council a thumbs up for the village's 2017 financial statements. Councillor Nick Hodge says expenses doubled last year. "Expenses went from just under three million dollars i...