Category Archives: Vernon

A 20-year-old local man is now facing numerous charges after a quick response from the commanding officer of the Vernon RCMP. According to the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP, an 84-year-old senior was ass...

A fight involving two men at the Fruit Union Plaza in Vernon ended up with police and other emergency personnel in Polson Park overnight.Police were alerted to a "disturbance" in the 3100 block of 25 ...

Police are trying to identify the people behind a con job in Salmon Arm.Mounties said on Aug. 16 in the parking lot at a chain store, a man distracted a woman who was loading groceries into her car, a...

A bonus concert has been added to the popular Civic Sounds series at the Vernon Civic Plaza on Thursday nights.The event was scheduled to conclude this Thursday night, but an extra date of Aug. 29 fea...

Let the planning begin.Vernon City Council gave the go-ahead to begin the planning process for the old Civic Arena site on Monday. According to a report issued to council, the site is designated to be...

Vernon city councillors voted to hire seasonal security members after a back and forth meeting Monday with some members expressing their frustrations with the proposal.The discussion came after Coun. ...

Several people took part in a protest outside Tolko's Vernon head office today, concerned about proposed logging near the Duteau Creek watershed.Kieran Grandbois of Earth Strike Vernon says Tolko's pl...

UpdateA dispute over smoking led to a Vernon transit driver getting attacked and ending-up in hospital Monday morning.Police say the 59-year-old male driver for B.C. Transit was attempting to tell a m...

Police have arrested a teenage suspect in a Vernon gas station robbery where the suspect was allegedly wearing a Deadpool mask. The incident back on the night of Aug. 1 saw a man enter the Esso 7-Elev...

A motorbike operator suffered serious injuries in a crash on Westside Road near Vernon.Police say the 38-year-old Lake Country man driving the bike collided with an SUV which was making a left hand tu...