Category Archives: Top News Stories

A fire at the Arbor Lee condo complex on 40th Avenue in Vernon Monday night was one of the biggest in some time for Vernon Fire Rescue Deputy chief Scott Hemstad says crews were exhausted after severa...

A missing persons alert has been issued by local RCMP. Adam Nichols of Vernon resident was last seen June 30th in the 2100 block of 32nd Street in Vernon. Nichols is described as: Caucasian male 34 ye...

The BC Wildfire Service is dealing with more new fires, as its crews work to get some control on the other burning around the province. Kevin Skrepnek, chief information officer with the Service, upda...

North Okanagan residents wanting to donate items to help the BC fire victims can drop them off at Cloverdale Paint in Vernon. Evacuees are in need of pillows, clothing, and essential toiletries like t...

Vernon is showing some moderation in housing starts so far this year. Canada Mortgage and Housing shows 32 starts for June of this year, most of them single detached homes. It`s similar to June of las...

Eight of 12 units of the Arbor Lee apartment complex at 3800 40th Avenue in Vernon are heavily damaged after a fire last night. Vernon Fire Rescue was called just before 7 pm when heavy black smoke wa...

More people near the Princeton Fire have been placed on an evacuation order. The Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District last evening added 49 homes along Princeton Summerland Road north of Princeton. ...

It`s single lane traffic only on Highway 97 southbound at Old Bailey Road south of Vernon because of a traffic accident overnight. The driver of a semi-trailer truck somehow lost control of the rig an...

Part of a Vernon apartment complex sustained significant damage in a fire Monday night. Residents at the Arbor Lee at 3800 40th Avenue in the Alexis Park area heard an explosion around 7 pm followed b...

The Cariboo Regional District is issuing an evacuation alert for fringe areas around Williams Lake, due to weather events forecasted for Wednesday. This predicted weather has the potential to push fir...