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A local survey of businesses on BC's minimum wage had some interesting results. Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce general manager Dione Chambers says their members were asked about the rate rising to...

The O'Keefe Ranch is looking to the future -- one that involves less reliance on City of Vernon funding. The heritage attraction will see its annual grant from the City go from 100-thousand dollars th...

Kelsey Serwa, Olympic champion in women's ski cross has had an unfortunate incident in the first World Cup event after Pyeongchang. The Kelowna based champion says on Instagram, she has suffered a min...

David Ogden Stiers, a prolific actor best known for playing a surgeon on the M*A*S*H television series, has died at age 75. As reported in The Guardian, the actor's agent Mitchell Stubbs confirmed Sat...

It wasn't quite the crowd they were expecting, but a small dedicated group of Grade 9 Seaton School students took their stand to City Hall Saturday to protest what they regard as the unfair treatment ...

Roger Bannister...everybody knew the name whether a runner or not...he was one of the world's fastest runners, has died at the age of 88 in Oxford, England. He was the first to break the four-minute b...

Kayleigh Antoine-Peters was not impressed with Merritt city council, which rejected a proposed rainbow crosswalk in front of Merritt Secondary School on Tuesday. Antoine-Peters and other students part...

It's the 90th Academy Awards ceremony tonight and organizers hope people will forget their most infamous blunder from last year. Viewers watched in total disbelief as Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty mi...

At the Tim Horton's Brier, tough loss off the top for Team BC's Sean Geall Saturday losing 10-2 in 8 ends to Brad Gushue 's Team Canada. Next action for BC is Sunday at 2 against Mike McEwan's Winnipe...

In BCHL playoff action the Vipers have taken a 2 games to 0 lead over Salmon Arm after a 6-4 win last night at home. Derek Brown went 1 and 2 grabbing First Star, Josh Latta was 1 and 1 earning Second...