Category Archives: Top News Stories

It has been something student unions across B.C have been fighting for years, ending interest on student loans . Now, thanks to the provincial government's announcement on budget day , it is a fight n...

The City of Vernon will continue to allow off-leash dogs in the part of Marshall Fields between the playing fields and Vernon Creek. The policy to suspend enforcement of the bylaw came from a council ...

The B.C Ministry of Transportation says Highway 97 between Summerland and Peachland could soon be open to traffic. The highway has been closed for over two weeks after a rock slide sent rocks and debr...

The BC government is making life more affordable for parents, students with loans, and people on social assistance, and others, in its new budget. Finance Minister Carole James says interest is immedi...

A pilot program to deal with discarded drug needles and garbage clean-up in Vernon is set to start this spring. Folks on Spokes will work under the umbrella of the Community Safety Office, with reside...

The group that calls itself the largest cross country ski club in North America, is embarking on a large fundraiser. The Sovereign Lake Nordic Club is looking to buy a new grooming machine, a Pisten B...

A GoFundMe page has been created to help a Kelowna woman stranded in Haiti in the midst of political turmoil. Laura Allan has been working as an aid worker in Jacmel on Haiti's southern coast for Shel...

Payless Shoes will be closing all of its 248 stores in Canada due to declining sales. That includes Payless ShoeSource outlets in Vernon's Village Green Shopping Centre and at Kelowna's Orchard Park S...

Laura Code and Brett Squair are among latest recipients of Top 20 Under 40 Award The head of a pickleball equipment businesses, an agrologist, and a well known local musician are being recognized for ...

Residents of Spallumcheen may be hearing the "cluck cluck" of more chicken farms. Ray Bayliss from the BC Chicken Growers Association has made a presentation to council, says their quotas will be incr...