Category Archives: Vernon

Vernon taxpayers will be coughing up more cash. After two days of deliberations, Vernon city council endorsed a 4.91 per cent tax rate increase which amounts to a $73.00 impact on the average househol...

Whether or not officers had reasonable grounds to arrest a man suspected of threatening a sex worker with a gun is the latest challenge filed by his lawyer. Curtis Sagmoen, 38, appeared in Vernon Supr...

A pickup truck and some commercial equipment in the back were destroyed by a fire in Vernon's Okanagan Landing.The truck was fully involved and starting to spread to landscaping when fire crews arrive...

There will be an increased police presence in Falkland -- but not because of a crime issue.The RCMP detachment in the small community west of Vernon is the new headquarters for North Okanagan Traffic ...

The province has released a study on the economic impact of piece rates in British Columbia as part of efforts to ensure working people earn a fair wage. The study, undertaken by Karen Taylor, Univers...

A Vernon homeowner expects to have lost pictures, computers and other items after a house fire in the Blue Jay subdivision.The dispatch call was issued just before 12 p.m., reported as a fire in the b...

The tax hike might be greater than first projected for Vernon residents.Vernon city council has passed a motion at its special budget meeting to add two more full-time firefighters to the budget.That ...

The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP presented their budget requests to Vernon city council Monday with no new officers included -- a sharp contrast to 2017 when six new officers were requested to combat st...

A judge has adjourned the sentencing for Stephen Witvoet, a Vernon physiotherapist who earlier pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexual assault.Judge Jeremy Guild called the case an unusual one and str...

A man involved in a targeted break and enter in Lavington that turned violent has been sentenced to prison time.Clayton Alan Williams, 28, plead guilty in Vernon Provincial Court to charges of break a...