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The organizer of a Vimy Ridge tribute in Vernon admits a light display didn't quite go as well as hoped. Andy Wylie rented a couple of search lights and beamed them into the sky at the Allan Brooks Na...

City of Vernon staff say development activity in the city is still going strong. Economic Development Manager Kevin Poole says among the new projects is an application for a Four Points Sheraton Hotel...

The investigation continues into the discovery of needles on Harwood Elementary School grounds on Friday morning. Some 50 needles were found. School Superintendent Joe Rogers says the school district ...

The evacuation order remains in effect for four homes on Sunnybrae Canoe Point Road in Tappen. Two homes were damaged in a mudslide Friday night. Ryan Nitchie, Emergency Operations Centres Director fo...

The eight finalists have been announced for Vernon Woman of the Year 2017. Elise Allan, Emily Hladych, Kim Nasipayko, Mary Jo O'Keefe, Pamela Owen, Sareena Nickoli, Sue Beaudry and Suzanne Robert were...

The Vernon Native Housing Society can move ahead on a major housing project. The Society has received 4.3 million dollars for a 37 unit apartment building for aboriginal and non-aboriginal seniors and...

Habitat for Humanity in Vernon is gearing up now to finish a triplex on 35th Avenue. Chairperson Glory Westwell says 150 thousand dollars in new money from the provincial government will help pay for ...

Take on new projects -- or upgrade the existing system? Those are two of the options facing local politicians when it comes to Greater Vernon water spending. Director Catherine Lord of the Greater Ver...

Today is the day fans get to pay their final respects to the Founder of Rock `n Roll, Chuck Berry. Fans lined up before dawn today for a final goodbye, roughly three weeks after his death at age 90 ne...

It's been a long snowy winter, which has irked some golfers, gardeners and motorcyclists, but for avid skiers and boarders, the long season at Silver star has been a blast. However this is the last we...