Category Archives: Vernon

The pent-up demand to play pickleball in Vernon comes to an end soon. After two months without the sport due to Covid-19, the Okanagan Wealth Advisors Pickleball Complex at Marshall Field (6891 Okanag...

Fire crews were on the scene of a grass fire on Department of National Defence land across from Okanagan College around 2 p.m. Thursday. Reports say a bird hit a power line causing sparks that ignited...

RCMP and the BC Coroner's Service have identified human remains found last month in Spallumcheen as those of a man in his 60s who went missing four years ago. Terrence (Terry) Strynadka of Armstrong w...

UPDATE The search for a missing North Okanagan teenager has come to an end after five days. RCMP say the 16-year-old boy who was last seen on May 9 at his residence on Salmon River Road has been locat...

Vernon businesses are being contacted over the next couple of weeks, to find out how they've been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and what kind of support they need to reopen.It's part of a busines...

The levels of Coldstream Creek have been raging the last few weeks, but are now starting to subside. That has allowed the District of Coldstream to rescind an evacuation alert for several properties a...

You will likely see crews working on several road resurfacing projects around the North Okanagan.The process known as hot-in-place asphalt recycling is being used on a total of 43 kilometres, includin...

The City of Vernon is moving its public hearings to a larger venue for safety reasons.Mayor Victor Cumming says starting May 25, the hearings which are normally held in council chambers, will be at th...

Thousands of people have already responded to a new survey on the Covid pandemic in B.C. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said there has been 75,000 have responses to the survey launched o...

Following the recent unveiling of the BC's Restart Plan outlining the phased reopening strategy for British Columbia, municipalities and districts across the Okanagan have been working closely to dete...