Category Archives: Vernon

9:16 p.m.Tracy Gray has retaken the Kelowna-Lake Country riding for the federal Conservative Party defeating incumbent Liberal Stephen Fuhr.With more than 34,000 votes counted and 115 of 231 polls in,...

Update: 5 p.m.North Okanagan Shuswap Returning officer Sharon Morrison describes the turnout in the riding today as "steady."She says there hasn't been any major lineups or issues at any of the 240 or...

Dates have been set for a murder trial in Vernon.Richard Wiliam Fairgrieve, born in 1973 and Jacqueline Nicole Leavins, born in 1978 are both facing a single charge of second-degree murder. The charge...

Get ready for another year of fun. The Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong has unveiled its theme for the 121st event next year which organizers promise will get down to their roots - vegetabl...

Opening day is still weeks away, but SilverStar Mountain Resort is getting excited about a fresh coating of new snow.The resort northeast of Vernon is reporting 25 centimetres of new snow since Sunday...

While the percentage of women graduating from post-secondary institutions is higher than their male counterparts, the number of women choosing programs in engineering and technology remains significan...

A new building will be added to the former Dairyland site on Pleasant Valley Road in Armstrong.It's now owned by the nut and dried fruit company Rancho Vignola ,which has approval to add a 24-thousand...

FortisBC will be holding a meeting in Vernon this week to provide information to customers about plans for new advanced gas meters.The plan is to install one million of the wireless devices between 20...

There are more students than expected in School District 83 classrooms.North Okanagan-Shuswap District Superintendent Peter Jory says enrolment at the end of September was 6,433 full-time students, an...

People are being encouraged to grab a giant gourd, prep their paddle and celebrate the start of Vernon's Fall Festival."Since January, local growers have been nurturing giant pumpkins - meaning pumpki...