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The Vernon School District has implemented new rules banning the use of vaping and e-cigarettes. Director of student support services, Dr. Truman Spring, says use is growing exponentially, which is a ...

Associate professor Soheil Mahmoud (second from right) with his research team at UBC Okanagan's lavender field. A popular purple plant may be even more beneficial than first thought. An associate biol...

Lawyers are making their final arguments in the civil trial over use of Kin Race Track in Vernon. The case is being heard in BC Supreme Court in New Westminster, picking up from where it left off in A...

A Vernon man has been acquitted of child pornography charges, due to a technicality. 56 year old William Munton was facing two charges of making child porn, and one of possessing it. However, BC Supre...

The wildfires had a big impact on TV and film productions in the Okanagan this summer. Film commissioner Jon Summerland says no one wanted to film in the smoke. "We had one film, the working title was...

Auditors KPMG have given the North Okanagan Shuswap School District a thumbs up. Their report on the district's financial statements for the year that ended June 30th was presented at Tuesday night's ...

The City of Vernon is hopeful police and bylaw officers can get a handle on parking meter vandalism. RCMP say at least 83 meters have been hit in the last several week. Vernon's new manager of Protect...

City of Vernon bylaws staff are keeping a watch on the newest concentration of homeless residents in the city. A number of people have been staying in the linear park on 25th Avenue since a new bylaw ...

BC Transit says it's had some good comments from the public so far about proposed route changes in Vernon. Spokesman Jonathon Dyck says several people visited the consultation stations set up last wee...

Six months after a new trial was ordered for Matthew Foerster, there is still no date set for that. The former Cherryville resident was convicted of the first degree murder of Taylor Van Diest of Arms...