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Over 28-thousand watercraft coming into BC have been inspected for invasive mussels this year. Chris Doyle from the BC Conservation Service says over 16-hundred were identified as high risk. "Of the 2...

Naloxone kits will once again be provided in Vernon-area secondary schools this year. The School District has been a leader in overdose prevention measures in BC schools. School District Substance Abu...

Vernon's MLA says he will lobby the NDP government hard for more affordable housing funding for his constituency. Eric Foster says that was one of his top priorities when the Liberals were in power. "...

Armstrong Council has accepted the final draft of a new Master Water Plan for the city. Mayor Chris Pieper says staff will organize a workshop to renew the plan that has been in the works for a couple...

Effective 11 a.m. Monday the remaining seven evacuation orders for the Philpott Road Fire have been downgraded to evacuation alerts and five other properties on "Our Road" have been removed from evacu...

There was no substantial change to the Finlay Creek wildfire overnight. For more information about the condition of the fire, visit the BC Wildfire Service website at http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/h...

The final numbers are in for the IPE and the breakdown is.... Wed - 17,051 Thurs - 22,584 Fri - 29,119 Sat - 49,353 Sun - 33,002 Grand total - 151,109 General Manager Yvonne Paulson was very pleased w...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a third child, who will be fifth in line to the British throne. Kensington Palace announced the news this morning saying that the Queen and rest of the ...

Fifty-five properties west of Summerland have been placed under an evacuation order due to the aggressive Finlay Creek wildfire burning 7.5 kilometres southwest of Peachland. Properties in Meadow Vall...

Just seven properties are still on evacuation order for the 10 day old wildfire east of Kelowna. When the fire in the Joe Rich area first broke out August 24, 474 homes were evacuated, totalling 1,100...