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Coldstream Council has decided the District won't take part in a Rural Economic Development Service proposed by the RDNO. Mayor Jim Garlick says the costs that would be allocated to Coldstream are too...

Tickets are now on sale for JCI Vernon's biggest event of the year -- the 2018 Gala and Charity Auction on April 21. "This is our premier fundraising event of the year," says Co-Chair, Cera Brown. "To...

A new study out of the University of BC Okanagan has looked at what happens to wine grapes when they are exposed to wildfire smoke. Researchers found chemicals in the smoke can give wine an off-puttin...

Mounties in Kelowna want to hear from restaurant owners who may have been defrauded by a smooth talking scam artist. Police say there's been multiple incidents where a suspect places a food order to b...

Regional District of North Okanagan directors have informally agreed to adjust the cost sharing arrangement for regional transit service. They met Wednesday for a service review at the request of the ...

Another Vernon athlete has confirmed a trip to the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Snowboardcross racer Kevin Hill is one of 13 athletes named to the Canadian team in snowboardcross, halfpipe...

Vernon council has given final approval for its 2018 budget. It features a tax hike of 5.05 percent, which Mayor Akbal Mund says includes 2.9 percent to hire six more police officers. "No one has comp...

Lumby Council has given 3rd reading to a bylaw that would allow expand the type of homes that can be built in the village. Mayor Kevin Acton is excited about the prospect of allowing carriage and lane...

A non-profit organization has received Vernon council's approval to expand its building downtown. Mayor Akbal Mund says the North Okanagan Youth and Family Services Society on 32nd Ave. was granted se...

BC's incoming provincial health officer didn't take long to create her first headlines. Dr. Bonnie Henry -- who starts her duties next month -- isn't a fan of the idea to sell recreational marijuana a...