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A consulting team has outlined the general features for a multi-purpose cultural facility for Greater Vernon. Diamond Schmitt Architects is recommending a 57-thousand square foot space, to house an ar...

Wheelchair curler Sonja Gaudet of Vernon is among the athletes featured in a new Women in Winter Sports stamp series. Canada Post is also honouring Olympic skiing champion Nancy Greene and multi-sport...

Five candidates are running in the Kelowna West by-election on Feb 14. Nominations closed at 1 pm today. The candidates are Shelley Cook of the NDP, Libertarian Kyle Geronazzo, Ben Stewart of the Libe...

A Lake Country woman is in critical condition in hospital after her car left the road and hit a hydro pole in Kelowna. Crews had to extricate the 63 year old Tuesday night on Clement Avenue. "Police d...

If you lost a diamond ring at Silver Star Mountain, you may be able to get it back. RCMP say a ring was turned into the detachment this week by a Good Samaritan. "The ring was found up at Silver Star ...

A man is in custody in connection with an alleged assault on his parents in their Armstrong home. Vernon Rural RCMP members were called to the home just before 8 last night by a woman who said she and...

The City of Vernon has been recognized by the BC Construction Association for excellence in procurement, a first for the industry. The City is getting accolades for how it handled the Vernon Multi-Use...

Vernon has received federal funding which will help determine the next step for the city's housing strategy. Annette Sharkey from the Social Planning Council says part of the 50-thousand dollar grant ...

The call is out for volunteers for Vernon's Walk For ALS. It's planned for June 9th, but organizers say it could be cancelled if they don't get enough people volunteering. The Walk is one of many plan...

Vernon council is putting a limit on who can complain about the length of parked recreational vehicles. Apparently a person who was ticketed for that, has been lodging complaints about numerous other ...