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Officials with Coldstream are keeping an eye on boaters on Kalamalka Lake The Kalavista boat launch opened last Friday to allow boaters to get back on the lake even though it is still high. Mayor Jim ...

Officials are urging the public to remain careful as the weather heats up -- and the fire danger rises. Kevin Skrepnek from the BC Wildfire Service says while fire activity has decreased the last few ...

Police say a tragedy was averted on Okanagan Lake. Officers conducting boat patrols on Sunday located 12 and 13 year old boys in a rubber dinghy that was pushed into the middle of the lake by strong w...

Update 12:33 pm: Power back on at 12:29 pm. Cause was bird contacting a Hydro wire. Power is out for several thousand customers in the Vernon area. BC Hydro says about 24-hundred hook-ups are impacted...

The site of a new art piece being created as part of the North Okanagan RespectFEST has been revealed by local officials. The winding mosaic river will be inlayed into the sidewalk on the east side of...

Staffing at Vernon Fire Rescue may be reviewed at budget time, but at this point, the city's mayor feels the department has adequate resources. The Vernon Professional Firefighters Association has gon...

RCMP in Sicamous are pretty happy with the way the STOMP motorcycle rally this past weekend turned out. They had 52 calls for service, mainly noise and traffic. Only one person was arrested for public...

A man from Ontario is facing charges after the doors to the ambulance emergency entrance of Vernon Jubilee Hospital were rammed by a vehicle Sunday morning, July 23rd. Nobody was injured during the in...

The City of Vernon has started the fourth and final phase of its sandbag disposal assistance program along Lakeshore Drive. "Phase four is where the City of Vernon is going to be collecting sandbags t...

Police say they are very concerned about the health and well being of a missing Vernon man. 27 year old Robert Baril was last seen July 16 at 6 pm in the 1800 block of 32nd Street. He is described as ...