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Negotiations will begin next month with three public sector bargaining tables representing close to 60-thousand unionized workers in BC. The government says the goal is to renew agreements that expire...

Armstrong Council has finalized its 2018 budget and five year capital plan. Mayor Chris Pieper says the municipal tax hike is at 2.95 per cent, equal to about 12 to 15 dollars per person based on an a...

Coldstream Council will be holding a public hearing into a housing development proposal at 7608 Coldstream Creek Road. The property owner wants to turn the one and a half hectare site into single fami...

Motorists are being asked to watch out for children participating in the Yellow Fish Road Watershed Awareness Program today and tomorrow around Middleton Mountain. The Program is designed to spread aw...

The City of Vernon is making changes to its business license bylaw to include fees for pot shops. Recreational marijuana stores will have to pay a $5,000 application fee and $2,000 a year for a busine...

Changes are in the works for the O'Keefe Ranch. That includes a new management team which was introduced to city council Monday: Finance Director Caraleen MacLennan and Operations Director Cliff Jamie...

Vernon council has given support in principal to a request for funding from a local sports group. The North Valley Gymnastics Society is seeking $225,000 for its new 8,500 square foot gymnasium under ...

(by Kate Bouey) Fingers are crossed as the temperatures heat up across the Okanagan and snow starts to melt in the hills. Shaun Reimer of the Ministry of Forests, Land and Natural Resources says exper...

(By Kate Bouey) North Okanagan RCMP arrested two people and seized 74 weapons last week after responding to a shots fired incident on a rural property in Spallumcheen. Police were called to a residenc...

A Northern Red Oak tree was planted outside the IPE office in Armstrong on Saturday, along with a marble slab and plaque in honour of two longtime volunteers. Don McLearn and Thys Haambuckers both pas...