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The City of Vernon has closed down its Emergency Social Services reception centre at the Vernon Recreation Centre The group lodging facilities at the Vernon Curling Club and the Civic Arena have also ...

RCMP start a month long crackdown on distracted drivers and seatbelts around BC on Friday. That will include a day of enforcement in the Lake Country and Kelowna areas. "Enforcement targeting drivers ...

The driver of a tractor-trailer unit had to be airlifted to hospital this morning after an accident on the Trans-Canada Highway near Canoe. RCMP say the big rig left the westbound lanes of the highway...

RCMP are seeking public assistance to identify a suspect who was caught on video allegedly robbing a frozen yogurt outlet in Vernon. "On August 13, 2017 at 5:41 pm, RCMP responded to a report of a rob...

Crews from BX-Swan Lake and Vernon, along with air and ground crews from the BC Wildfire Service worked on a small fire off Dixon Dam Road in the BX (Pete McIntyre photo) Update: 7 pm It was one of th...

The heat wave to hit BC this week has had residents seeking relief by using air conditioners and fans. A new summer power consumption record was set Monday between 5 and 6 pm, when BC Hydro's Dag Shar...

The MP for North Okanagan Shuswap is characterizing the Liberal cabinet changes as "shuffling the deck chairs on a ship that's heading deeper and deeper into debt." "The prime minster has made some ch...

The new leader of the Conservative Party will be in Salmon Arm for an event Wednesday. Andrew Scheer will take in a luncheon at Marine Peace Park, put on by the local Tory association. The 38 year old...

BC Liberals will choose their new leader next February. The party announced today online voting, with a telephone option, will take place February 2nd to 4th with the actual convention to declare the ...

Coldstream Council wants to hear from residents what they thought of the District's flood response. Mayor Jim Garlick brought the issue up at Council Monday night. "If there are some places where we c...