Pet safety
Don't forget pets when making emergency plans: BC SPCA
People are reminded to think about their pets -- in addition to family members -- when making plans for emergencies.The BC SPCA says pets are often forgotten when these plans are being put together.Bill Penhallurick, the BC SPCA's manager of emergency response, said making a plan for your pet not only ensures their saf...
10h ago
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Boost to Business
Canucks playoff run giving local food and beverage industry a boost
Bars and restaurants in Vernon are benefiting from the Vancouver Canucks making it into the NHL playoffs for the first time in four yearsHussein Hollands, one of the owners of The Rosters Sports Club, told Vernon Matters the food and beverage industry in Vancouver definitely benefits when the Canucks make the playoffs,...
11h ago
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prevention services
Company launches wildfire damage protection pilot ahead of elevated-risk season
Intact Financial Corp. has launched a pilot program to reduce wildfire damage to customers' homes in Western Canada as another season of elevated fire risk approaches.The insurer says it has contracted Wildfire Defense Systems to provide prevention services when a wildfire is less than five kilometres away from the hom...
22h ago
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Just a test
Emergency alert system to be tested Wednesday
People's cellphones will be buzzing across most of Canada on Wednesday for the latest test of the emergency alert system.The test in British Columbia will be conducted at 10:55 a.m. PST, and will also interrupt scheduled programs on television and radio stations.Testing of the system by Alert Ready is intended to:Incre...
23h ago
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Vernon
Police investigate body found in vehicle
Police say the discovery of a dead person in Vernon is being treated as suspicious. A body was found in a parked vehicle on Eastside Road near Ellison Provincial Park Sunday evening (May 5). Mounties say it's too soon to say if foul play was involved."Although a full determination has not yet been made in relation...
May 07, 2024
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Toxic Drug Crisis
Public drug use is once again illegal in B.C.
Public drug use is once again illegal in British Columbia. Health Canada approved the B.C. government's request to once again make it illegal to use illicit substances in public spaces "Addiction is a health matter, not a criminal justice one, but that doesn't mean that anything goes. Parks and beaches have to be ...
May 07, 2024
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Plane Damaged
Police investigating vandalism at Vernon airport
The RCMP is investigating a mischief case that occurred at the Vernon Regional Airport and resulted in a plane being damaged.Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say three individuals climbed the perimeter fence at the airport and got onto the airfield at approximately 11 p.m. on April 20.Once on the property, the suspects acces...
May 07, 2024
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Monthly update
Fewer drug deaths in Vernon, numbers increasing in Kelowna and across B.C.
March saw the number of local lives lost to illicit toxic substances decline, but that wasn't the case for all of the Okanagan or the province.The B.C. Coroner's Service reported a total of three suspected toxic drug deaths in Vernon in March, which was down from the five the month prior. March's figures brought Vernon...
May 07, 2024
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Road Work
Spallumcheen road set for five hour closure
A portion of a road in rural Spallumcheen will be closed for a few hours Tuesday, May 14.The Township of Spallumcheen said a portion of Back Enderby Rd. between Highway 97A and Mountain View Rd. will be closed from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. for pulverization. Traffic will be detoured via Mountainview Rd.Signage of the work and...
May 07, 2024
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cash & merchandise
Photos of Vernon theft suspect released
RCMP hope the public can help identify a suspect in a Vernon theft investigation.Police say on Monday, April 29, 2024 around 4 p.m., a man entered a business in the 5500-block of Anderson Way (believed to be The Home Depot) and proceeded to steal over $400 in cash and merchandise from the store. Police are releasing im...
May 07, 2024
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