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Fundraising has begun for a new child care centre set to open this summer in the Whitevale area near Lumby. The Bridge Educational Society is ready to break ground on an Early Years Centre on a farm-f...

Armstrong's Interior Provincial Exhibition has chosen the Good Food Box as its Charity of Choice for this fall's fair. General manager Yvonne Paulson says the non profit society has been helping local...

A crash in Vernon's Okanagan Landing injured one person. A pickup truck went off the road in the 77-hundred block of Okanagan Landing Road around 3:30 this afternoon. One man, who officials describe a...

Silver Star Mountain Resort has announced plans for what it calls a 10-day one of a kind festival. The Seismic Mountain Festival will feature professional athletes, some of the provinces best chefs, m...

City staff hope to soon be diving into a feasibility study for a new Greater Vernon aquatic centre and the enhancement of the existing pool. Vernon city council has given a thumbs up to a short-term a...

One lucky lady got the shock of her life on Tuesday after being crowned Vernon's Good Citizen of the Year. Carol Armstrong received the award for 17 years of dedication running the " Single Friends 60...

BC Transit says it has improved safety by adding closed circuit television cameras to more than 600 of its buses in the province. "373 medium-duty and heavy duty buses have had cameras installed as pa...

Vernon is getting ready for more cyclists to visit the city, due to the popularity of the Okanagan Rail Trail. City council has approved adding more bike racks, launching an on-street bike parking pil...

The Downtown Vernon Association is being invited to appear before city council following comments by some councillors unhappy with a recent letter from the business group. Councillor Scott Anderson ve...

Special Olympics B.C says more volunteers are needed for when the event comes to town on Feb 21 - Feb 23 . Teresa Durning Harker; Special Olympics B.C Winter Games Director of Public Relations says th...