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A BC Supreme Court judge has denied a change of venue application for a Vernon arson suspect. 56 year old William Munton is accused of 19 counts of arson after a series of fires in the Vernon area in ...

A public meeting will be held in Vernon this evening on development of a new management plan for Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park. Keith Baric, the planning section head for the Okanagan for BC Parks sa...

The Hamlets is quickly becoming a new hub in Vernon's downtown area. The six-story residential care home on 29th Avenue has officially opened, after a construction period of nearly two years. Hendrik ...

In our business we sometimes still get asked about how true was the popular sitcom 'WKRP' in real life radio. So where am I going with this? Hugh Wilson, the award-winning director and creator of 'WKR...

New provincial funding will increase students' access to tech-related programs at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus and Okanagan College, giving them access to the skills needed to ...

Voters in the provincial riding of Kelowna West will be going to the polls on Valentines Day. Premier John Horgan has set February 14th for the byelection to fill the void created by the resignation f...

A 32 year old Nelson man is dead after an accident last evening on Highway 97 south of Westwold. RCMP say the accident happened about 5:40 pm between two compact cars. The driver of one of them was ki...

New safety regulations come into effect Friday for facilities that use ammonia in refrigerants, such as ice rinks and curling rinks. Among the requirements is a stipulation that the facilities have to...

Plans for a new affordable housing project in Vernon are still in the early stages. Annette Sharkey from the Social Planning Council says the city has agreed to provide the land in the 4-thousand bloc...

The public is invited to have its say on the future of schools in the Lumby area. The School District is holding an input session at 6:30 tonight at Charles Bloom Secondary. The district's long term f...