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The Math Challengers Competition at UBC in Vancouver was a learning and inspiring experience for some Vernon students. Six students from Clarence Fulton Secondary took part in the provincial event. "T...

Eastside Road in Okanagan landing is back to normal this morning after yesterday's mudslide. City Public Works Manager James Rice says it was a full day of work to clear the area and get power restore...

True Leaf Medicine International CEO Darcy Bomford received a good reception at an investors conference in New York Monday. Bomford spoke at the 7th Annual Microcap Conference and found a lot of inter...

By Kate Bouey North Okanagan residents are being asked to help shape some major regional district policies. An open house is being hosted by North Okanagan Regional District staff at the Vernon Public...

A push is being made to get more BC residents signed up to be organ donors. Sid Adams, a volunteer with the Kidney Foundation and a recipient of an organ donation, told Vernon council, the goal is to ...

(By Kate Bouey) The cause of a fire that tore through a house in the 3600 block of Sage Avenue in Armstrong last night remains under investigation. Meanwhile, four adults who lived in the residence ha...

City of Vernon staff have cleared the debris from Eastside Road and hydro crews are now working to restore power to the area. One-way alternating traffic will start at 4 pm today using either Eastside...

The Canada Goose egg addling program is ready to begin its 12th season in the Okanagan. Coordinator Kate Hagmier says the nesting population has remained at around 25-hundred birds since the program s...

An idea for a shopping cart program in Vernon is still in a holding pattern. Some carts are being used by homeless residents, or abandoned, and the RCMP would like to see a designated cart program. An...

Students and staff were evacuated at Okanagan Landing Elementary School ion Vernon this morning after a minor fire. A kiln in the art department got turned on for unknown reasons just before 8:30 am, ...