Category Archives: Vernon

The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce is supporting an increase to the airport improvement fee at Kelowna International Airport.The fee will go from $20 to $25 per passenger as of March 1, 2020, to a...

UpdateCity of Armstrong crews have now restored water service along Smith Drive. The City is thanking residents and business owners for their patience while crews worked to rectify this situation.----...

The renovation and expansion for the Pat Duke Arena in Lumby is well underway, and is now ready to enter the detailed design phase according to the Regional District of the North Okanagan. Constructio...

A North Okanagan RCMP officer has been recognized for her committment to get impaired drivers off the road.Const. Ashley Allen is one of 268 officers in B.C. named to the 2018 Alexa's Team.The program...

A veteran of the Canadian military will be the guest speaker at Vernon's Remembrance Day ceremony Monday at Kal Tire Place. Major Jake Flanders of Vernon retired in 2014 after 26 years with the army, ...

A program to help improve the mental health of senior men is now under the growing umbrella of services offered through Vernon's Canadian Mental Health Association. 'Men's Shed Vernon' started two yea...

Police have confirmed a crash earlier this week in Lake Country led to a fatality.A truck hauling a horse or cattle trailer jack-knifed in Oyama Tuesday, which officials said was likely the result of ...

Homes are continuing to hold their value in the North Okanagan.The valley's real estate board says the average selling price for residential properties last month was $524,000, up almost three per cen...

Four lucky elementary school students got the chance to strap into their booster seats and go for a ride as junior fire chiefs for the day with four members of the BX Swan Lake Fire Department.In Octo...

Sitting in her hospital room at St. Paul's in Vancouver, Vernon resident Melissa Verleg coughs repeatedly into the phone. Her lungs are functioning at 18 per cent and she has been in hospital since Se...