Category Archives: Vernon

An Enderby resident got a pleasant surprise while sipping his morning coffee.Bradley Croney discovered he won $75,000 by matching five of six numbers plus the bonus number for Wednesday's BC/49."I tho...

More public input is being gathered on a proposed Greater Vernon Active Living Centre.The Greater Vernon Recreation Master Plan identifies a number of indoor recreational space needs and priorities wh...

The Vernon School District's board of education met this week to discuss the status of school trips over spring break, and the impact on those from the coronavirus outbreak."The board considered all o...

Four members of the Vernon Ski Club will be off to the Under 16 Canadian Alpine Ski Championships next week, thanks to a $2,000 donation from Silver Star Mountain Resort.Ella Mills, Jamie Robinson, La...

Some students in the Vernon area won't be in class this afternoon.They will be walking out in the latest rally to highlight a lack of climate action. Earth Strike Vernon, a youth-led group, is invitin...

RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the death of a man found inside a makeshift structure after an early morning fire in Salmon Arm."Emergency crews responded to reports of a structur...

Full daytime closures are now in effect on the Okanagan Rail Trail from Kickwillie on the Coldstream side, to south of Kekuli Bay.The construction area is from kilometre 2.5 to 12.5, with closures in ...

The annual job of cleaning the road grit off Vernon streets has begun.The city said sweepers have been deployed for the last two weeks, and crews are preparing full spring sweeping program."The City o...

UPDATEA suspect in a Vernon murder case from 1986 has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a lessor charge connected to the death of his wife.Paramjit Singh Bogarh plead guilty in B.C. Supreme Cour...

A fixture in downtown Vernon's business community will soon be closing its doors.Bookland on 30th Avenue has announced it will shut down in a few weeks.The final day will be Tuesday March 31.The store...