Category Archives: Top News Stories

A Vancouver company has been awarded the contract to do a services and issues review of the North Westside area of the Central Okanagan Regional District. EcoPlan International was one of two firms wh...

Greater Vernon riders had a part in a record-breaking Ride Don't Hide event that raised over $1.5 million for mental health programs across Canada One-hundred ad 91 local riders took part in Canada's ...

A Kelowna woman has been charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm against BC's Premier and another Okanagan politician. The BC Prosecution Service says a special prosecutor has appr...

Overdose rates are climbing in the Okanagan. Interior Health says the region had 50 overdose deaths in the first four months of this year compared with 76 in all of last year. Dr. Silvina Mema, Medica...

The City of Armstrong is being reminded that something has to be done to make sure flooding that occurred this year won't happen next year. Flooding by Meighan Creek in early May affected several resi...

It won't be just fireworks you'll see in the sky above Kin Beach on Canada Day. Okanagan Skydive has been added to the show. Head of the Canada Day Society, David Frost says members will attempt to fo...

Vernon council is going to get another opinion on if the Civic Arena can be used for another purpose. Councillor Brian Quiring says the city will talk to an engineer to see if foundation problems firs...

The City of Vernon is getting tougher on homeless residents, proceeding with time limits for when they can camp in Polson Park. The residents will have to take down their overnight shelters from 9 am ...

A growing number of Vernon residents are parking the car and using a bike to get around -- at least for a few days. The City says Bike to Work and School Week from May 28 to June 3 saw a 24-per-cent i...

One of Vernon's first heritage murals will be rededicated Tuesday night as part of the Canada 150 events. The multicultural mural on the side of the Post Office was painted in 2000, and represents the...