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The Lake Country councilor for Oyama has died. 61-year old Owen Dickie passed away Monday after losing his battle with cancer. Dickie, who moved to Oyama in 1989, was elected in Oyama in 2011. He help...

BC's Environment Minister denies funding for Hullcar residents in Spallumcheen, was tied to the upcoming election. The claim was made by NDP environment critic George Heyman in the BC Legislature. "Af...

Less inventory is putting upward pressure on house prices in the Okanagan. Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board president Anthony Bastiaanssen says the number of homes listed is down 30 percent from a ...

Enderby is where it wants to be as far as doctors. The city has added an internationally trained physician at its health centre, giving it three doctors and a nurse practitioner. Back in 2012, there w...

If you get your mail from a community mailbox, police are advising you check and empty it regularly. That after eight more of the Canada Post facilities were broken into overnight on March 2 in areas ...

Some would-be thieves in Vernon brought attention to themselves by making too much noise. A man walking to work just after 4 am Sunday called police when he heard unusual noise coming from the Home Ha...

Police say no charges or fines will be issued after a pedestrian was hit by a car on Vernon's Bella Vista Road last month. Cst. Jocelyn Noseworthy says a car was travelling west in the 51-hundred bloc...

If you don't mind flying all night, you will have another option to get from Kelowna to Toronto this year. Staring May 18th, WestJet is starting red-eye service between the two cities. Flights will de...

Some Greater Vernon area residents had a harder time getting ready for work or school this morning after a major power outage occurred around 7:45 a.m. Jen Walker-Larsen from BC Hydro explains what ca...

The Vernon Vipers have announced they will stage their first 'Skills Competition' this coming Friday, March 10th at Kal Tire Place. There will be five events for players to participate in along side V...