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Spallumcheen Mayor Janice Brown can`t be more pleased at the meeting the Township had with Environment Ministry officials Thursday afternoon on the Hullcar Aquifer. Assistant Deputy Environment Minist...

Update 11 am The former Green Party candidate in Vernon-Monashee is pleased to see leader Andrew Weaver has entered the fray over Stickle Road. Weaver sent a letter to Transportation Minister Claire T...

Update: 8:15 am Weather has been a good help in keeping the Philpott Road fire in Kelowna's Joe Rich fire stable. " We definitely saw a drop in wind activity and temperatures out there on the fire, wh...

Update 5 am Aug 25 Tom Mark At last word, the Joe Rich fire was estimated at 380 hectares in size. There's no word yet this morning if it grew overnight. Roughly 11 hundred people from 474 properties ...

Update: 6:10 pm Power is out in parts of Enderby and Spallumcheen. It was first reported at 4:29 p.m. A crew has been assigned, with the cause unknown. The area is east of Hwy 97A. Update: 6:06 pm Pow...

The BC Wildfire Service says crews are actioning six lightning caused fires in the Vernon Forest District, all believed to be in the Enderby area. Emily Begim from the Wildfire Service says one is eas...

Three men were rescued after a speed boat ran into the shore on Okanagan Lake. RCMP say it happened in the 2700 block of Westside Road in West Kelowna around 10 pm Wednesday. The 24 foot Malibu wake-b...

A local service group is investing into a new recreational venue in Vernon. The Kalamalka Rotary Club is providing $25,000 grant to the City of Vernon for the bike skills park being constructed in Bec...

Vernon"s Upper Room Mission is doing what it can to help homeless people no longer allowed to camp in city parks. Executive Director Lisa Anderson says they're taking advantage of storage sheds at the...

A pump failure at one of its water sources has the City of Enderby requiring its water customers to avoid irrigating for the next couple of days. Chief administrative officer Tate Bengtson says restri...