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Eighty-three more students than forecast have registered for school in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District. District Secretary-Treasurer Nicole Bittante told last evenings school board meeting ...

Vernon is being featured on one of Canada's top TV talk shows today. The City and its partners - Sparkling Hill Resort, The O'Keefe Ranch, Gray Monk Estate Wineries and Oyama Ziplines, will be a part ...

BX-Swan Lake Firefighters spent several hours overnight at a fire on Baker Hogg Road near Swan Lake. Fire Chief Bill Wacy says they were called just after 10 o'clock to a fire in a garage/storage faci...

Enrolment is up in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District. Secretary-Treasurer Nicole Bittante reported at last evening's school board meeting that indications are that the school district is up 8...

Armstrong Council has heard it needs more land to grow the city. Mayor Chris Pieper says a report from the planning department shows land is going to have to come out of the ALR. There are a few piece...

Photo: 55 Plus BC Games soccer gets underway Wednesday morning at Marshall Field in Vernon (Helen Belford photo) Let the Games begin! The 30th annual 55 Plus BC Games opens today in Vernon, Coldstream...

Update: Sept 12: A spokesperson for Starbucks tells Kiss FM in an email, "This store will be open within a month." A new Starbucks is getting closer to opening in Vernon. The coffee company has been c...

The Raptors will be returning to the Allan Brooks Nature Centre for four more days this month. Thousands of people took in the programs over the summer featuring six different birds of prey. As part o...

A teacher in the Vernon School District has been disciplined for inappropriate behaviour in the classroom. The BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation says Justin Robert Morgan was visibly angry while ...

Photo: Site of 12 court pickleball facility in Marshall Field in Vernon Dedicated pickleball courts have been long talked about in Vernon --but now the construction is actually going ahead. Project ma...