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Polls are open at 8 o'clock for today's provincial election. As they were during the advance polls, they will run until 8 tonight. District Elections Officer in Vernon-Monashee, Jan Mori, says look fo...

Kindale is busy moping up and re-arranging day programming after receiving extensive damage to two of its Armstrong locations as a result of the flooding in the city on Saturday. "Everything was fine ...

Vernon's Civic Arena continues to escape a date with a wrecking ball. Based on community input, city council has decided to take a closer look at re-purposing the 80 year old building, and the costs o...

More than 770 properties in Okanagan Landing will have a chance to connect to the Vernon's sewer system. Council has given the go ahead local service project over a ten year time frame, most of them i...

The Regional District of Central Okanagan has issued precautionary Water Quality Advisories for residents served by the Falcon Ridge, Killiney Beach and Westshore Estates water systems. The advisories...

As a result of recent flooding the District of Lake Country is issuing an Urgent Water Notice advising that citizens should restrict their water use to domestic use only. No outdoor irrigation. "The f...

Evacuation orders remain in place for over 20 residences in Lumby due to flooding. Village staff say levels in the creeks have gone down but they are expected to rise again later this week with warmer...

There is no quick end in sight for the boil water notice covering basically all of Greater Vernon. The notice was issued Saturday afternoon by Greater Vernon Water and Interior Health after heavy rain...

Advance voting for tomorrow's election is done and British Columbians came out in droves to cast their ballot early. Province-wide, 619 thousand 389 people voted early. That's almost double the number...

The City of Vernon has sent at advance notice about repairing and repaving 27th Street. Work to repair the road surface between 45th Avenue and 38th Avenue will begin Monday, May 15th. Repairs are exp...