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Lumby RCMP and BC Ambulance Service were called to a business on Bell Ave in Lumby just after 10:30 am Friday. An adult male worker at the business suffered fatal injuries while working. One media rep...

A Vernon man has been sentenced for a break-in and theft at the Civic Arena last fall. A number of toys and gift baskets for a minor hockey raffle were taken during the incident in october. 45 year ol...

Pierre Trudeau's infamous one finger salute in Salmon Arm years ago came up at his son Justin's latest stop on his cross country tour in Winnipeg. An elementary student asked the prime minister this q...

RCMP say a pickup truck was taken from a hotel parking lot in Vernon late Tuesday night. Officers in Kelowna patrolling near a problem residence in that city happened upon the truck and discovered it ...

The Vernon and North Okanagan RCMP hope the public can help locate an Alberta man wanted on an outstanding warrant. Police says 21-year old Joshua Landon Saskiw may be in our area. He is wanted for tr...

There has been another suspicious vehicle fire in Vernon. At 5:15 a.m. Vernon Fire Rescue was called to the 11-hundred block of 21st Avenue where a Chevy Astro van was on fire. Captain Dan Walker says...

Vernon was the second fastest growing community in the Thompson- Okanagan last year. The latest estimates from the province (BC Statistics: as of July 1, 2016) show population growth in the city of 1....

The Vernon School District has approved first reading of it's amended budget for this current term. It sits at $93.9 million dollars, up nearly $4-million from last year. Board Chair Kelly Smith says ...

The Vernon School District's Five-Year Strategic Plan has been completed and a final draft will be ready to be presented to the public after February 8th. Board Chair Kelly Smith says having all parts...

Local politicians are talking about the idea for a cultural facility reserve fund. Greater Vernon Advisory Chair Juliette Cunningham says staff is suggesting 187 thousand dollars be used for a future ...