Category Archives: Vernon

The fifth annual Emergency Services Food Drive in Lumby produced some impressive results for the local food bank. RCMP officers, along with firefighters, ambulance paramedics and others volunteered th...

Two men of no fixed address were arrested Tuesday morning following a report of an assault at Kin Beach.The alleged incident occurred just after 10 a.m. at the popular beach. ''Frontline officers lear...

Teagan Burton has been hired as the full time fire prevention officer for the Armstrong Spallumcheen Fire Department, starting Dec. 2.Burton has been a member of the department since 2014, and will wo...

Two men, one of which is from Armstrong B.C., have launched a lawsuit against vaping giant Juul.In a 14-page notice of civil claim filed in Supreme Court in Vancouver, Jaycen Stephens of Armstrong and...

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a community leader in Vernon.Jack Gareb had been manager of the Schubert Centre for 25 years, and leaves behind his wife Cheryl and other family members.Ed ...

PPC candidate Kyle Delfing took some heat over comments made about climate change at an all candidates forum Thursday. The forum was sponsored by the Sustainable Environment Network Society, an organi...

Search and rescue crews, along with RCMP in the air, have scoured over 4,000 square kilometres east of Kelowna, but there's still no sign of a missing Kelowna man. Seventy-four-year-old Gordon Sollowa...

Today is the day (Oct. 1) drivers are required to have appropriate winter tires of their vehicles if travelling on most provincial highways.In B.C., regulations state that an appropriate winter tire i...

Canadians should get their voter information card in the mail by this Friday, Oct. 4, which confirms they are a registered elector for the upcoming federal election.The card tells people when and wher...

If you thought it was colder than usual over the weekend you were right.In fact, Environment Canada says temperature records for the lowest daytime high were broken across the Okanagan Valley.In Verno...