Category Archives: Vernon

UPDATE 3 p.m. The police manhunt in the Mabel Lake area east of Enderby Tuesday morning was related to suspects in an armed robbery at a cannabis growing facility in Sicamous. "On April 7 shortly befo...

Lumby Days is the latest casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic.Organizers have cancelled the 65th annual event set for June 12 to 14 in the village east of Vernon.The following message was posted on the L...

BC Housing has been working with regional health authorities, municipal partners and non-profit shelter and housing providers to develop community-based response plans to the COVID-19 pandemic. This i...

North Okanagan businesses and residents now have access to a single hub of relevant and timely information as well as important tools to help endure the COVID-19 crisis.#NOKTogether is a collaboration...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says thousands of Canadian companies have offered to help make personal protective equipment to battle the Covid pandemic. Trudeau said at his national address Tuesday th...

Teachers and school administrators have been contacting local students and their families since last week, but some have been harder to reach. "The purpose [of the call] was to reconnect with your chi...

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there are signs the measures British Columbia is taking to prevent the spread of Covid-19 are working. There are 63 new cases in the province since Satu...

The owners of a former North Okanagan auto racing facility have applied to rezone the site from commercial use to industrial.The application from Okanagan Aggregates, which also includes an official c...

Greenhouse operators can now apply for carbon tax relief grants for the 2020 production year, until May 1, 2020. Commercial producers in B.C. who grow vegetables, ornamental flowers and plants, forest...

More Canadians impacted by the Covid pandemic will be able to get the new federal emergency response benefit, according to Justin Trudeau. The Prime Minister said at his national address today some wo...