Category Archives: Top News Stories
Cidery Gets Support To Expand
A Spallumcheen small business has got council's support to get bigger. The Farmstrong Cider Company on Maw Road is looking to increase its lounge area from the current 72 seats to 256, and to stay ope...
Corey Fischer Apr 18, 2019
Kings Crowned The Champs
The Prince George Spruce Kings are BC Hockey League champions for the first time. The Kings captured their first Fred Page Cup with a 3-1 victory over the Vernon Vipers, winning the series in a 4 game...
Corey Fischer Apr 17, 2019
Church Shooting Victim Fortunate Not To Lose Leg and Foot
A man wounded in a church shooting in Salmon Arm is said to be facing a long road of recovery. A GoFundMe page says Paul Derkach was attending to his friend Gord Parmenter Sunday in the Church of Chri...
Corey Fischer Apr 17, 2019
Three Decade Old Murder Case Set For Trial
A trial will be held next year into a more than three decade old Vernon murder case. 58 year old Paramjit Singh Bogarh is accused of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder after the death...
Corey Fischer Apr 17, 2019
'Wait To Donate" For Notre Dame Fund
The Better Business Bureau is advising the public to "wait to donate" towards rebuilding the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The agency says scammers tend to take advantage of big news stories, and wil...
Corey Fischer Apr 17, 2019
Update: Search Ends For Missing Man
UPDATE RCMP say Daniel Snyder was located on Tuesday by front line members of the West Kelowna RCMP safe and sound. Police are thanking the media for getting the message out promptly, and the public f...
Corey Fischer Apr 17, 2019
Township Takes Stock Of Water System
Spallumcheen council has agreed to spend 15-thousand dollars to study the demand and capacity of its inter-municipal water service with Armstrong. Spall mayor Christine Fraser says the study will look...
Corey Fischer Apr 17, 2019
Spruce Kings Take Stranglehold on BCHL Final
The Prince George Spruce Kings are one win away from their first BC Hockey League championship. Ben Poisson scored at 12:07 of the first overtime to lift the Kings over the hometown Vernon Vipers 4-3 ...
Corey Fischer Apr 16, 2019
Fire at Clarence Fulton Secondary
Fire crews put out a grass fire at Clarence Fulton Secondary School on Tuesday. The fire consumed a portion of the dry bush near the pond on the west side of the property. "Some kids were seen in the ...
Apr 16, 2019
Mayor "Frustrated" With Backcountry Ban Plan
Enderby's mayor has joined the growing list of opponents to plans for a backcountry closure as way to protect caribou populations. Greg McCune says the BC and federal governments have failed to provid...
Corey Fischer Apr 16, 2019

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