Category Archives: Vernon

This year recipients of the B.C. Achievement Community Awards includes a long-time member of Vernon Search and Rescue. Leigh Pearson of Coldstream is among 25 B.C. residents who will receive the honou...

When Darren Bezanson had to shut down the seating inside his Armstrong restaurant due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, he knew who to call.Worried about how he was going to pay his staff an...

UPDATE: Vernon RCMP have located a woman who was the subject of a missing persons advisory earlier today. Police say the 20 year old woman is safe and well, and they tank the public for their assistan...

The federal government's wage subsidy program opened this morning and had 10,000 applications in the first few hours.The program will provide employers with up to $847 a week for each worker, and Prim...

Fire crews had to knock down a blaze on the outside of the Priest Valley Gymnasium Saturday night. Vernon Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire at 9:20 p.m. in the 3400 block of 35 Avenue, site of...

Police in Vernon had their hands full with a combative suspect who was allegedly assaulting people in vehicles.Frontline officers responded to a disturbance in the 4200 block of 32nd Street Friday aro...

British Columbia has seen a big increase in new Covid-19 cases, with 95 since Friday. That brings the provincial total to 1,948. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said on Saturday, two spec...

Vernon residents who want to protect their property from flooding now have two sites to get sand and sandbags.Residents can now access sand and sandbags at two City of Vernon locations:Behind City Yar...

Police officers descended on a Vernon motel in the 3200 block of 25th Avenue Friday afternoon in response to an alleged weapons complaint. RCMP were advised an individual at the motel was causing a di...

British Columbia has 29 new cases of Covid-19 since Thursday including two new cases in the Interior Health region.B.C.'s death toll is now at 98 with four more fatalities in the Vancouver and Fraser ...