Category Archives: Vernon

UPDATE 3 p.m.Anti-pipeline protesters have ended their demonstration in the Vernon area.About eight people were along Highway 97 at the north end of Swan Lake from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in sup...

Police are looking for tips to identify a suspect on an attempted robbery of a woman in Vernon last month."On Tuesday January 28, 2020 at approximately 5:30 p.m., a woman had parked her vehicle in the...

Police continue to investigate after a cyclist was hit by a passing semi truck on 27th Street in Vernon Wednesday morning.A 38-year-old woman was taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries a...

An incident this afternoon at the Vernon courthouse led to onlookers wondering what was going on.A caller to the Vernon Matters newsroom said he saw several police officers with their guns drawn aroun...

The Member of Parliament for North Okanagan-Shuswap says protests are a freedom in Canada, but the current rail blockades are taking away freedoms from other people.Conservative Mel Arnold won't go as...

A garage was left a total loss after a fire in Lavington Tuesday night.The site on Reid Road was in Lumby's fire jurisdiction."The garage is a total loss," Lumby's Fire Chief Tony Clayton said. "There...

B.C. has had no new cases of the coronavirus since last week.The number of confirmed cases in the province remains at five with the most recent one, a woman in the Interior Health Region, still showin...

The new B.C. budget does little to ease the burden business faces or to promote competitiveness, according to the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce.Chamber general manager Dione Chambers says there w...

The province has issued a road dust advisory for Vernon due to road traction material in the air, especially around busy roads and industrial operations.According to a release from the Ministry of Env...

A Vernon area resident has been named one of B.C.'s Top Forty under 40.Amanda Shatzko was among those recognized at the awards gala in Vancouver last month put on by Business in Vancouver (BIV).The an...