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A retired Vernon businessman has made a big donation to the Okanagan Rail Trail. George Galbraith actually made two donations at an event at Kekuli Bay Provincial Park, as explained by Trail Ambassado...

About 55 delegates from Canadian and US ski service providers are gathering at Silver Star to talk about the cross country ski industry. Nordic Manager Shane Landreville says members of the Cross Coun...

RCMP are at the scene of a Vernon area home for a suspected clandestine drug lab Officers first attended the home in the 8-thousand block of Silver Star Road Friday evening, and also used the assistan...

The search continues in the Lumby area for a missing man, who police say may have died. RCMP say 57 year old Bruce Van Hasstrecht is a seasonal resident of Mabel Lake. Lumby RCMP attended a seasonal r...

There is word a prime piece of Vernon real estate could be sold. Several media reports say there is a tentative deal in place for selling the Green Valley Motel at the corner of Highway 97 and 25th Av...

It's been a difficult year for line markings on local roads. Most are faded, while others are barely visible, which can be dangerous in some areas. The city plans to repaint them this spring, starting...

The provincial government has found more money for health care, Health Minister Terry Lake this morning announced 90 million dollars over three years to bring integrated team-based primary care servic...

It was chaos on the Coqhuihalla Highway yesterday afternoon and well into the night after several vehicles were involved in separate crashes south of Merritt. One person died and at least nine others ...

Work will begin today to take down two city-owned buildings in downtown Vernon. The former New Delhi Restaurant and Open Learning buildings will be demolished over the next 10 weeks, starting off with...

Stakeholders in the Shuswap River Motorized Vessel Management Mediation process have met for a second time and identified a trio of areas to begin a preliminary draft of recommendations for the North ...