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RCMP are trying to find out more details about a brawl near a Vernon nightclub early Sunday morning. Police were called just before 1 am about a large group of fighting outside Status on 29th Street. ...

There is a new venue for Vernon's fireworks show on Canada Day. The president of the local Canada Day organizing committee, Dave Frost, says they will be held from Kin Beach Okanagan Lake. "We are goi...

Okanagan Lake rose another centimetre from yesterday and now sits at a level of 343.24 metres Fifty percent of this year's snow pack has yet to melt. The lake is now predicted to rise to 343.50 metres...

This is a big week for UBC Okanagan. More than one thousand 650 students are to graduate this week. Convocation starts on Thursday with four ceremonies. It wraps up Friday with two additional ceremoni...

An effort is underway to have the Thompson Okanagan region declared a Biosphere Destination. Ellen Walker Matthews with the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association says a designation by the Bisophere Or...

The alternative approval process is beginning for the Regional District of North Okanagan's request to borrow over 2 million dollars for its share of the proposed North Okanagan Rail Trail. It was to ...

There is still no decision on moving a transit stop closer to the Village Green Centre -- but the discussions continue. BC Transit says they are talking with the mall's management. Mayor Akbal Mund is...

One of the Canada 150 projects in Vernon should leave a lasting legacy in the community. Mural artist Michelle Loughery is working with community members to paint rescued ocean buoys to celebrate dive...

People living along Okanagan Lake are being told now to prepare for the lake to reach a level of 343.5 metres by mid June. As of yesterday, the lake was at 343.23 metres, one centimetre above Saturday...

The best from North Okanagan sports over the last year are about to be honoured. The 24th annual Tim Hortons North Okanagan Athlete, Team, and Leadership Awards will be presented Tuesday June 6 at 6 p...