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Another attempt will be made by the City of Vernon to get a flashing pedestrian light for the crosswalk on Highway 97 near the hospital. Councillor Scott Anderson says the Transportation Ministry has ...

Update: 3:45 pm It looks like a mud slide will keep Highway 97A closed until tomorrow. The slide came down 10 km south of Sicamous near the Hummingbird Beach Resort. Drive BC says a Geo-technical asse...

Police in Vernon say they were unable to keep up with all the drivers using cell phones during a recent enforcement. Officers issued 15 tickets for using an electronic device during a two hour operati...

Vernon's Kevin Hill has won a snowboard-cross medal at the World championships in Sierra Nevada Spain. The 30 year old Hill teamed up with Calgary's Chris Robanske to take the bronze in the men's team...

The City of Vernon plans to develop two lake access sites this year -- and eight more next year. Mayor Akbal Mund says the public wants more sites on Okanagan Lake to be opened, which he says hasn't h...

RCMP are investigating a hit and run incident in Grindrod. Officers were called to Old Sicamous Rd and Grandview Bench Road Monday night at 6:30 pm where a 56 year old man was being treated by paramed...

They skied, boarded, and had fun -- all for a good cause. Seventy-one skiers and snowboarders took part in the second annual Slopes for Hope at Silver Star Resort on Saturday. The fundraising event fo...

Canada's most famous astronaut is touching down in Vernon. Colonel Chris Hadfield, Canada's first spacecraft commander, will be at the Performing Arts Centre Sunday, May 14th. His Canada 150 Tour will...

A petition designed to make BC paramedics an essential service with the same bargaining rights as police and firefighters needs many more signatures. Local paramedics in Vernon-Monashee need to collec...

Vernon won't be proceeding with a poppy crosswalk after all. Council had approved one earlier to honour veterans on 31st Avenue near Cenotaph Park -- but the head office of the Royal Canadian Legion o...