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The City of Vernon is warning of a door to door scam. "The City has received reports from residents who have had people claiming to represent the City coming to their door on the pretext of inspecting...

Work on the Highway 97-Stickle Road upgrade north of Vernon, will begin next week. Steve Sirette, associate district manager for Okanagan Shuswap with the Transportation Ministry, says the first part ...

The province has brought in a ban on operating any off-road vehicle for recreational purposes on Crown land as of noon today. The ban covers the Cariboo, Southeast, and Kamloops Fire Centres which inc...

Numbers out today show fewer people died from Illicit drug use in June than in May in BC, but the numbers are still alarming. Statistics from the BC Coroners Service show the number of overdose deaths...

The City of Vernon says the upgrade to the Vernon Curling Rink parking lot should be done by Aug. 23. The $439,000 project is said to be on time and budget. The upgrade is replacing the surface, and u...

BC's premier has extended the provincial state of emergency due to the wildfires for another two weeks. John Horgan says the nearly month old declaration is now in place until Aug. 18th. "The state of...

BC's Independent Investigations Office has been dispatched to Kelowna to investigate the shooting of a man by an RCMP officer. Police say it happened Thursday afternoon at a homeless camp on Duck Lake...

The weather experts say there is no quick end to the smoke in our area. Alyssa Charbonneau from Environment Canada says the current ridge of high pressure is one of the reasons. "Really what we need t...

The MLA for Shuswap is part of the Liberal's opposition shadow cabinet. Greg Kyllo is one of the critics for jobs, trade and technology along with Jas Johal. Kelowna MLA's Steve Thomson and Norm Letni...

Damage to the pier at Kalamalka Beach from the high water this spring will mean no fireworks at that site in Coldstream this Halloween. The District of Coldstream says due to the significant damage to...