Category Archives: Vernon

A North Okanagan charity has a goal to help fund other worthwhile charitable organizations that have the goal of helping others. The Emily Dahl Foundation has made its first ever contribution to the C...

Okanagan College has landed over $600,000 in provincial funding to provide online training for up to 40 Okanagan-Shuswap residents to prepare them for jobs in the hospitality industry. "The tourism se...

The Schubert Centre has reopened for the first time in six months, and organizers are determined to keep the doors open despite ongoing financial challenges. The facility on 30th Avenue in Vernon, tha...

B.C. is reporting 132 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, for a total of 6,962 cases since the pandemic started.There are 3 new cases in Interior Health.There are 1,461 active cases of COVID-19 in the pr...

The BC Hockey League is prepared to play a reduced regular season without fans, if necessary.Players will be charged fees under that scenario to help the 18 teams make up part of the lost ticket reven...

Air quality in the Okanagan and other areas is expected to take a turn for the worse this weekend.B.C.'s environment ministry said in an update Friday, forecast models show the potential for a signifi...

A police dog played a prominent role in the arrest of a wanted man in Vernon.Police were called to a residence in the 4200 block of Alexis Park Drive Thursday (Sept. 10) around 12:30 p.m."A member of ...

UPDATE 12 p.m. BC Hydro says power has been restored. == UPDATE 11:15 a.m. RCMP say a semi truck hitting a light standard on the side of Highway 97A was the cause of a power outage impacting over 3,00...

Environment Canada has issued two special weather statements for the Okanagan over the next 24-48 hours both thanks to a high pressure ridge. The national forecast agency indicates an upper ridge of h...

UPDATE 10 a.m. Sept. 11 The City of Vernon said a natural gas leak in Okanagan Landing was caused by gas line being struck during construction. FortisBC said the repair took longer than expected. Nico...