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Members of the Vernon Vipers organization are still trying to come to grips with the unexpected death of their long time owner Duncan Wray. Wray died of unknown causes Thursday at age 68. He had owned...

Complaints from museums -- including Greater Vernon's -- have led to McDonald's Canada pulling a national ad. The ad suggested people would get better value by spending $5 for its new McPick Meal Deal...

Passenger counts at Kelowna International Airport were up 9 percent in 2017. YLW served over 1.8 million passengers (1,893,470), 161-thousand more than the year before. August was the facility's busie...

Less than a week after Revelstoke Search and Rescue pulled two lost snowmobilers from Boulder Mountain, they were out again over the past 24 hours to find three more. RCMP were called late yesterday a...

UPDATE : 9:30 am It's been a dangerous drive between Vernon and Kelowna this morning. RCMP say they are currently at Highway 97 and the Bailey Road area responding to three separate single vehicle col...

The conversation around dementia moves to another level this week as the Alzheimer Society of BC builds on its campaign to bring more Awareness to it. A survey shows many Canadians diagnosed with deme...

The City of Armstrong has to make some changes to its new snow clearing policy. The policy was changed in the fall, but Mayor Chris Pieper says there have been so many complaints the city has had to g...

UPDATE: BC Hydro says power was restored at 6:37 pm. Power is out for 400 hundred customers in the Lumby area. BC Hydro says it was caused by a motor vehicle crash around 3 pm. Hydro estimates power c...

UPDATE 5 pm: The BC Hockey League says Duncan Wray was "the lifeblood of the Vernon Vipers franchise," adding his death "leaves a huge void in the league -- and in our hearts." Commissioner John Grisd...

Vernon's Andrew Ebbett is one of 25 players named to the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team. Ebbett has been playing hockey in Europe which is the case for many of the Canadian team members with NHL'e...