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Speed Bumps Fine In Coldstream
The Mayor of Coldstream doesn't think there's a problem with speed bumps on Kalamalka Road near Coldstream Elementary School. There have been complaints they're too high and there isn't enough notice ...
Tom Mark Oct 16, 2017
Cosens Bay Road Improvements
Work is about to get underway on ditch and drainage improvements on Cosens Bay Road in Kal Park. Highways District Manager Jack Bennetto says it's a matter of keeping the road stable and safe. "We're ...
Tom Mark Oct 16, 2017
Open Burning Of Land Waste In Coldstream
The District of Coldstream has designated October 15th to the 29th as the fall burning period. Mayor Jim Garlick says the weather is cooling enough to allow burning, but people can't just go out and s...
Tom Mark Oct 16, 2017
Median Barriers For Hwy 97 North Out Of Vernon
Median barriers are being installed on Highway 97 from 48th Avenue to Stickle Road over the next two weeks. Highways District Manager Jack Bennetto says the work has nothing to do with the Stickle Roa...
Tom Mark Oct 16, 2017
Homeless Memorial In Vernon This Week.
Polson Park will be the site of Homeless Memorial on Thursday. It's the 4th annual organized by Reverend Chuck Harper of First Baptist Church. "It's just a time of enabling our homeless population to ...
Tom Mark Oct 16, 2017
Shots Fired At Vernon Home
RCMP continue to say little after shots were fired into a Mission Hill home early yesterday in Vernon. Police were called just before 2:30 am to a house in the 3800 block of 21st Avenue. Witnesses rep...
Tom Mark Oct 16, 2017
3 am Car Fire Deemed Suspicious
A quick check with Vernon Fire Rescue this morning and they report they did answer a call about 3 am of a fully engulfed car fire on Tronson Road. Firefighters dealt with the fire in a relatively shor...
Duane Grandbois Oct 15, 2017
Above and Beyond Award Says Thanks
The B.C. government has created the Above and Beyond Awards program to recognize people who made a big difference in their communities during 2017's devastating floods and wildfires. When this year's ...
Duane Grandbois Oct 15, 2017
Missing Kamloops Woman
Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in finding an 18-year-old woman. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Robert Daly says in a news release that Taylor Lynn Wilson, who also goes by the last name...
Duane Grandbois Oct 15, 2017
UPDATE: Police Search For Body in Okanagan Lake
Regarding the police and Search and Rescue presence on Okanagan lake yesterday it all began at about 3:12 a.m. Saturday. Vernon RCMP received a complaint of a suspicious man in the 8700 block of Okana...
Duane Grandbois Oct 15, 2017

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