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Two BC insurance firms that merged last year, have announced a rebranding. Okanagan-based Capri Insurance has united with Vancouver's CMW Insurance to form CapriCMW. As part of the rebranding, CapriCM...

A 39 year old West Kelowna man has died after collapsing while snowmobiling with family and friends east of Kelowna. A 911 call was made Monday afternoon about the man being in medical distress inside...

Registration for new students in the Vernon school district for next fall is about to get underway. Maritza Reilly with the Vernon School Board says registration for Kindergarten and all grades begins...

It's been a snowy winter and the City of Vernon is paying the price. The city's snow and ice control budget for 2017 went into the red. Public Works Manager James Rice says the budget for last year wa...

Photo: Highway 97 was closed due to a logging truck jack-knifing and losing its load of logs near Old Kamloops Road Monday afternoon. (Photo by BX Swan Lake Fire Dept.) UPDATE 10:45 am: Police say a l...

The Vernon Vipers have added to their offensive depth. The first place team in the BCHL has traded defenceman Sol Seibel and futures, to the Bonnyville Pontiacs of the Alberta Junior League, for 21 ye...

Police are still looking for a suspect -- or suspects -- after a woman was shot at a Vernon apartment. The 49 year old is in critical but stable condition in hospital. She was shot at through a window...

The City of Enderby made a presentation yesterday to the all-party committee on ride- sharing. Councillor Brian Schreiner lead the presentation through teleconference. Their message was simple. "Hopef...

The Salvation Army in Vernon now expects their Kettle campaign will end up where it sits at roughly 430 thousand dollars. Spokesman Lieutenant Stefan Reid says they wrapped up a debrief of the annual ...

More affordable housing is in the works for Vernon. City council has supported the business plan for a development on city owned land at 4005 Pleasant Valley Road, currently a vacant piece of property...