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The first report of 2019 on illicit drug overdose deaths in BC suggests the number of deaths may be slowing. The BC Coroners Service says there were 90 suspected overdose fatalities in January, down 2...

With warmer weather hitting the region, the City of Vernon says it's crunch time to get the sports fields ready for athletes to play on . Kendra Kryszak, Manager of Parks and Public Spaces Maintenance...

With the temperatures heating up so too is the province's wildfire action plan. B.C Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, Doug Donaldson announced that they will be boosting spending this ...

Teri Mooring is the new President-elect of the BC Teachers' Federation and its 43,000 members. Mooring is a Vancouver resident who grew up in Quesnel. She spent the last six years as the Fed's vice pr...

Police took a man into custody after responding to a disturbance in Vernon Monday afternoon. Officers were called to the 4200 block of Alexis Park Drive around 5 pm and found a male suspect running fr...

The City of Vernon says it is exploring its options after being ordered to reinstate two employees who were fired last year for engaging in sexual activity while on duty at the fire hall. The order wa...

The sewer project in the Swan Lake Corridor is a step closer to becoming a reality. The Regional District of the North Okanagan says that following a petition they have received enough support from re...

The twice-yearly time change prompts a lot of complaints from local residents to Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster's office. "Probably two weeks before the change in time, both in spring and fall, we ge...

The Vernon Teachers Association is questioning why School District 22 is rushing the school budgeting process. The first two readings of the budget bylaw are slated to take place April 24, 2019. Lisa ...

A man arrested after a bank robbery in Kelowna over the weekend, is also a suspect in two other bank robberies this year. RCMP received a report of a robbery in-progress at the TD Canada Trust on Harv...