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Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery in Vernon cleaned up at the World Spirit Awards in Germany yesterday. For the second straight year they won gold for their Laird of Fintry Single Malt whiskey. The al...

The Vernon & Area 2017 55+ BC Games have hired an operations manager for the event this September. Luiz Araujo has an 8 month contract to oversee the games office and its activities. Araujo is a f...

Property owners in Carr's Landing will be heading to the polls in June along with those in Oyama thanks to two by-elections that are now necessary in Lake Country. The sudden death of Owen Dickie in O...

Canadians will pay higher taxes on alcohol and cigarettes as part of the new federal budget. Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the excise duty rate on booze will go up 2 percent, and by 50 cents for ...

The BC government has announced 10 million dollars in funding for Food Banks BC. The organization is involved with 100 food banks in BC including the ones in Vernon, Armstrong, Enderby and Lumby. Laur...

Lumby is getting provincial funding to to prevent flooding. MLA Eric Foster has announced 150-thousand dollars to allow the village to better plan for flood events and for mitigation projects. Lumby -...

Improvements to the Vernon Regional Airport are ready to take-off, thanks to a grant from the BC government. MLA Eric Foster announced funding of $823,700 as part of runway repaving and other upgrades...

The new federal budget will be announced this afternoon in Ottawa. Local Conservative MP Mel Arnold isn't sure what to expect. He says most of the details have been kept under wraps. "From what we've ...

A Vernon area couple have lost their two week old son after a medical emergency on the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt Monday. RCMP say the couple was taking their baby to BC Children's Hospital f...

Residents in Carr's Landing will be heading to the polls in June to elect a new councilor. Matt Vader has decided to step down to become the Manager of Strategic & Support Services for Lake Country. V...