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SilverStar Mountain Resort has been recognized as one of the top ski resorts in North America for its environmental practices. The Vernon area facility was the only Canadian ski resort to receive a no...

Two alleged drug traffickers are facing charges after RCMP seized a large calibre handgun from inside a vehicle, along with suspected illicit drugs in Kelowna. Plain clothes officers from the drug sec...

Some students are cutting classes today to take part in rallies to support the battle against climate change. It's a world wide initiative aimed at getting the attention of politicians and business le...

An online auction is being held to help a refugee family settle into Vernon. The single mother and four children from Syria, who are currently in Lebanon, will be arriving in the next few months. "The...

Bike thefts are on the rise, and the Vernon BMX Club is one of the latest victims. Someone entered the club's moto shed this week and stole two BMX style bikes that belonged to the track director and ...

There weren't many April showers in the Vernon area last month. Environment Canada says it was drier than normal, with just 12.4 millimetres of rain or snow, less than half the normal amount of 27.9 m...

Police are trying to find out who was responsible for defacing a war memorial in Vernon. RCMP were made aware of damage to the Dragoons War Memorial in Linear Park on 25th Avenue on April 17th. "One o...

A Greater Vernon product was taken in the first round of the Western Hockey League's 2019 Bantam Draft for players born in 2004. Defenceman Layton Feist of Coldstream, who played for the North Zone Ba...

UPDATE RCMP in the North Okanagan say with the assistance of the BC Sheriff's Service, they have located Shane Mark Mulholland. The 43 year old had an outstanding warrant for failing to comply with pr...

Vernon's sani-dump site will be moving -- but only by a few hundred feet. The City says work has start to temporarily relocate the facility from east of the Visitor Centre on 39th Avenue, to a site we...