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Sewer cosntruction in several areas of Okanagan Landing begins the week of September 18th and will continue through October. It's the start of a ten year project to hook up more than hundreds of prope...

Home sales in the Okanagan region of Peachland to Revelstoke cooled slightly in August to 882. That's an 8% drop from July and 14% fewer than a year ago. But the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board sa...

Public input will be the next step for proposed improvements to Vernon's transit system. The city is looking at adding three new buses, and seven-thousand more hours of service by next March. Councill...

The plan for a new parking lot on a city-owned site in downtown Vernon has hit an environmental snag. The New Delhi Restaurant and Open Learning Centre buildings on 29th Street were demolished back in...

Update: 5 pm Vernon council has agreed to spend an extra 13-thousand dollars for increased bylaw officer presence in Polson Park. The measure will runs from now until early November, and is one of the...

The BC government is proposing a basic ICBC rate increase for drivers of 6.4 percent, or $57 for the average driver. Attorney General David Eby says they need to fix the financial crisis at the auto i...

The Vernon Branch of the Salvation Army has had a huge response to its emergency call for supplies over the last couple of weeks. Lieutenant Stefan Reid says monetary donations were also strong. "We a...

A pre-grad party on the night before school resumes has been a tradition with some Greater Vernon students the last few years. However, with the extreme fire danger this year, emergency officials were...

The cause of a mobile home fire in Lumby last week remains under investigation. RCMP and fire officials are looking into Friday's blaze that destroyed one home in the Valleyview mobile home park on Ma...

The BC Wildfire service will be setting up a large basecamp today at Living Memorial Park in Summerland to intensify the fight against the Finlay Creek Wildfire. More firefighters are to be brought in...