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Spallumcheen Mayor Janice Brown has had a phone chat with Environment Minister George Heyman about the Hullcar Aquifer. She's encouraged the NDP government is going to take action over manure spraying...

Researchers at UBC Okanagan are testing a new technique to diagnose concussions. Focusing on sports-related concussions, they've used ultrasound equipment to measure the speed of brain blood flow. The...

The City of Vernon's spokesperson is moving on. Tanya Laing Gahr has announced her last day as communications officer and grants coordinator with the City will be September 13. "On September 18, I beg...

The Vernon branch of the Salvation Army needs your help. It's food bank shelves are extremely low. Lieutenant Stefan Reid says there is a wide range of essentials they need. "Spaghetti sauce, canned v...

Provincial officials have given the Salmon River Watershed a level three drought rating. The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development says water levels have been d...

Starbucks will be increasing its presence in Vernon. City officials confirm the US coffee giant is opening a new outlet in the former Carl's Junior site on 32nd Street. Mayor Akbal Mund says it's a gr...

RCMP are assisting the BC Coroners Service as they investigate a drowning in Lake Country. Police say a 31 year old Alberta man had been swimming to a floating dock on Wood Lake on Oyama Road near Tra...

Flooding at Kindale's Armstrong location back in May (file photo) A local group that helps people with developmental disabilities is looking for some help itself. Kindale was devastated by flooding at...

A fire in the United States is moving closer to the Canada-US border. Kevin Skrepnek from the BC Wildfire Service says a blaze in Idaho is about one kilometre from the border, and 18 km's southwest of...

The Vernon Winter Carnival Society is looking to fill a staff position. The non profit organization is taking applications for an office manager. The position will start in September. "We have an open...