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A project to raise awareness about community-based seniors services is making progress in Vernon. Kristine Larsen, project lead from the the Shuswap North Okanagan Division of Family Practice, says so...

Directors with the Regional District of North Okanagan will sit down this afternoon for a formal service review of the regional transit service. The meeting was called over concerns expressed by the C...

Officials are pleased with how RespectFest 2017 went in Vernon. The week long event in September celebrated diversity and multiculturalism with 40 events. Annette Sharkey from the Social Planning Coun...

The executive director of the Social Planning Council says 2018 could be another challenging year for homeless issues -- but with lots of opportunities. Annette Sharkey says the shelters are full at t...

Photo: Back row: Members of the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP. Front row: Grade 12 students of W.L. Seaton Secondary Students of WL Seaton have regained bragging rights on members of the RCMP after their...

People thinking about moving to Vernon have a new way to find out more about the community. MovingtoVernon.ca has officially been launched in a partnership between the city and Social Planning Council...

A 19 year old Vernon man is fine after being rescued from Cooke Mountain in the Kingfisher area of Enderby. The man, who has been identified as Brett Lambert, was snowmobiling with a group of others o...

RCMP are looking for a man who robbed the Sleep Country Canada store in the 2400 block of 58th Avenue last evening. Police say a man entered the store about 8 pm asking the lone employee about cheap m...

Coldstream Council has given its tentative approval to a Kalavista Drive man's request to have a modular home on his property. Lynn Spraggs has faced opposition from some of his neighbours because the...

Vernon's Mayor was satisfied with the turnout and comments at Monday night's public hearing on the city's proposed marijuana bylaw. Akbal Mund says some good points were made, though some regarding qu...