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A North Okanagan community is reducing its open burning dates as a result of climate change and the fire danger. Spallumcheen mayor Christine Fraser says council has given three readings to a bylaw ch...

The issue of allowing dogs off-leash on Marshall Fields once again became a hot topic at Monday's city council meeting after council voted on temporarily suspending fines for dogs caught off leash in ...

It was supposed to be a trio of Canadian music lighting up the stage for the Keep Calm Summer's On concert and now it appears to be cancelled. The concert featuring Vernon's very own Andrew Allen, Ste...

More of Vernon's young leaders are being recognized with the second group of recipients of the Top 20 Under 40. The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with KPMG, Community Futures and ...

RCMP say they have nothing further to release at this time on last Friday's shootings in Lavington and Vernon. One man was found with a gunshot injury at a hotel parking lot on 27th Street and later d...

Discarded needles in the downtown were identified as a problem by the Activate Safety Taskforce and now something may be done about it. City council is being asked to endorse a pilot project called 'F...

It would be a pricey fix. Vernon city staff say putting up a fence and gates between the playing fields at Vernon Creek at Marshall Fields could cost anywhere from 35-to-60-thousand dollars. A delegat...

A small but dedicated group of concerned teens took to the steps of the Vernon Courthouse Saturday...and what they were doing there had nothing to do with a rumored Yellow Vest gathering. The purpose ...

The $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw was won by a ticket holder in Port Alberni. And there's more money that landed in our province...as a single ticket in Surrey was worth $61,93...

In BCHL action the Vipers came away with a split home and home series with Penticton winning in OT in Penticton Friday and dropping the second at home 8-2. Last night it was the Vees five-goal 2nd. pe...