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BC's wildfire season has scorched the second most amount of land in the province's history -- and there is still another month or more left in the season. Kevin Skrepnek from the BC Wildfire Service s...

The fate of Vernon's Kin Race Track will soon be in the hands of a BC Supreme Court judge. A ten day civil trial in New Westminster between the Okanagan Equestrian Society and the City of Vernon and R...

The Vernon Tigers host the Junior B lacrosse provincials this long weekend at Kal Tire Place. The host Tigers will take part along with the Kamloops Venom, who won the Thompson Okanagan League, the Co...

The City of Vernon is going to provide extra staffing at its two outlying fire halls due to the extreme fire danger. Mayor Akbal Mund says council has approved deploying two career firefighters and tw...

Details are coming out how the opiod crisis in BC is affecting First Nations Communities. Health officials says preliminary data on overdoses and deaths among status first nations members. Dr Shannon ...

A water quality advisory has been issued for a Vernon water system. Greater Vernon Water and Interior Health have issued the advisory for customers on the Delcliffe Water Utility, water coming from Ok...

Vernon's Upper Room Mission is making sure the homeless are taken care of in this heat. Executive Director Lisa Anderson says they have a special area that's available when temperatures rise. "Usually...

North Okanagan-Shuswap MP Mel Arnold wants to be in on the front-line to prevent invasive mussels from making their way into Okanagan waters. He's holding a round table meeting in Vernon next Wednesda...

BX-Swan Lake Fire Chief Bill Wacy is still heading up a section of the Provincial Co-ordination Centre in Kamloops against the wildfire fight. Wacy is responsible for organizing the various resources ...

Interior Health is advising people to be extra aware of the heat the next while. Temperatures will hit the mid 30's maybe even a degree or two higher. We've talked about it recently, but medical healt...