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The Regional District of North Okanagan issued the following release Friday: Okanagan Rail Trail Status The Okanagan Rail Trail is not officially open at this time as development continues throughout ...

A Vernon man has successfully taken part in a revolutionary new type of brain surgery that doesn't involve breaking the skin or cutting into the skull. 85 year old Elias Pharaon underwent a high inten...

The Kelowna Rockets made a stop at a special monument on the highway yesterday to honour four Western Hockey League players tragically lost in a bus accident. On December 30th, 1986 four players of th...

Local politicians have decided to keep the current leadership for the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee. Juliette Cunningham was acclaimed to a fourth term as chair of the parks, water, culture and re...

The Vernon Pickleball Association is hoping local government will help with the costs of getting its new site ready to build on. The group has started work on a 12 court facility in Marshall Field. Ho...

Local politicians have been asked to consider using a publicly-owned site for an agricultural park. That's described as being partly a working farm -- and partly a park. The BX Swan Lake Community Ass...

Silver Star Mountain will soon have more terrain for skiers and boarders. The resort has announced it will open its Putnam Creek area Saturday morning. The 1,900 acre area is typically the last of the...

UPDATE: There's been no decision as yet on charges in a now fatal road collision in the North Okanagan that killed a flag person. 66 year old Isabel Bourroughs of Enderby died in hospital Wednesday fr...

Kelowna Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick has announced his support for Andrew Wilkinson as the next BC Liberal leader. Letnick says he took his time to see what each leadership candidate had to offer, in...

UPDATE: Residents have come through again for the Vernon Food Bank. The 40th annual Realtor's Food Drive in Vernon and Coldstream Wednesday night was a big success, as we hear from organizer Dawn Tayl...