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Actor Verne Troyer has died, according to a statement posted to his social media pages today. Troyer was 2ft 8in tall and found fame the Austin Powers spy spoof movies as Mini-Me, a clone of the villa...

During National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week, Minister of Citizens' Services Jinny Sims wants to remind British Columbians to register their decisions on organ donation at any Service BC o...

(by Kate Bouey) The City of Vernon will observe the national Day of Mourning next week. The day honours workers who have been killed, injured, or suffered illness as a result of work-related incidents...

Vernon RCMP are asking the public for help in finding a missing teenage girl. Eighteen-year-old Aislynn Hanson was last seen on April 13th. Vernon RCMP say officers have followed up on several leads b...

An investigation is underway into a recent increase in positive screens of the fecal immunochemical test or FIT as it's known. Jim Cupples, the vice president, medical for the BC Agency for Pathology ...

The Vernon Women's Transition House Society is getting grant money from the provincial government for two of its programs. Fifty thousand dollars is going to the Society's Oak Child and Youth Advocacy...

Lumby is finally getting a letter from the RDNO on its request to release excess water from the Aberdeen reservoirs to prevent flooding in the village. The District has already said it can't and that ...

More than 50 people turned out to this week for a Vernon School Board public budget meeting. Board Chair Kelly Smith says there were some good discussions on various issues, particularly two transport...

Picture: Woodsdale Road - Courtesy District of Lake Country Lake Country Council has had to say no to a big ask from the group Walk Around Lake Country. WALC, as it's known, asked council this week fo...

A Vernon business owner isn't ready to throw in the towel despite four break-ins and robberies over the last few weeks. The latest for Nicolas Kynigos from Nicolas and Marie's Pizza on 27th Street was...