Category Archives: Top News Stories

Today is Bell Let's Talk Day - a day designed to encourage people to start having a conversation around mental health, The Vernon School Board has taken up the challenge with some schools holding asse...

New data from the BC Coroners Service today show ore than 1,400 British Columbians died due to suspected illicit drug overdoses in 2017. Preliminary data indicate there were 1,422 suspected drug overd...

Okanagan College has a new Board of Governors Chair and Vice Chair. Former chief of the Splatsin Indian Band, Gloria Morgan was acclaimed as vice-chair taking over from Chris Derickson, who becomes ch...

The final count is in and Silver Star Dreamweavers says its fundraising dinner January 18th and external donations raised 16 thousand dollars. The money is to go to a defensive Structure Protection Un...

The Regional District elected officials, staff, and members of the Greater Vernon Master Water Plan Stakeholder Advisory Committee, the Regional District has received notice from Interior Health that ...

Co-ops across Western Canada are helping to create places for everyone through the Co-op Community Spaces Program. In 2018 $2 million is available to support capital projects led by charitable and non...

More British Columbia artists will have an opportunity to showcase their talents around the globe as a result of increased funding by the International Presence Program, Lisa Beare, Minister of Touris...

The Government of British Columbia is providing $250,000 in Family Day funding to support free community-based family events during the BC Family Day weekend. Municipal or regional district recreation...

RCMP in Vernon have released more information about a shooting earlier this month. A 49 year old woman was shot at an apartment in the 3700 block of 24th Avenue on January 6th. At the time, police sai...

The Regional District of North Okanagan is no longer taking hard cover books or plastic film at its Recycling Drop Centres. Dale Danallanko with the Regional District says its heard from contractor Wa...