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A Laval University student has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder after the mosque shootings in Quebec City. 27 year old Alexandre Bissonnette was ...

A police shooting in Salmon Arm is under investigation. The Independent Investigations Office says a suspect in an alleged theft at a car wash in the 2300 block of 10th Avenue at 12:20 am Monday was s...

Gas prices in BC ranged from a low of 98.9 in Prince George, to a high of $1.29 in Kersley near Quesnel. That's according to gasbuddy.com which says the average price in the province is $1.16 a litre ...

Okanagan residents will now have four flights weekly directly between Kelowna International Airport and Winnipeg starting this May. WestJet announced this morning it is implementing the new summer fli...

The Funtastic Sports Society has launched it's Community Grant Program this morning. A total of $30-thousand dollars in funding is available to qualifying community groups who log onto the Funtastic w...

Taxpayers will see a hit on their taxes this year for the new arena at Kal Tire Place. Greater Vernon Advisory Committee chair Juliette Cunningham says the average homeowner will pay 24 dollars a year...

The final figures for Vernon's hotel room tax are expected next month. Economic development Manager Kevin Poole says the two percent levy charged to hotel guests could reach a record 700-thousand doll...

Construction on Vernon's newest assisted living seniors complex on 29th Avenue is right on schedule. The Hamlets that is going up on the site of the former Bennett parking lot will open in July. H &am...

The Vernon Vipers might want to have Parents Weekends more often after sweeping all three games this weekend. The Snakes capped it off with a 5-4 win over the Prince George Spruce Kings, getting the w...

The City of Vernon has closed off part of Okanagan Avenue from the 62-hundred block (6215) to Longacre Drive due to road cracks caused by frost heaves. Traffic from Fulton Rd to the impacted area will...