The City of Vernon will look to bolster its emergency responses with some financial assistance.Vernon City Council voted in favour of submitting two applications to the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) for emergency support services and emergency operations funding at the regular meeting Monday, Nov. 25.The first gr...

Vernon City Council will hold meetings to review the proposed 2025-2029 Financial Plan.The Special Budget Meetings will take place at City Hall Monday, Dec. 2, starting at 9 a.m.If needed, council will meet again Tuesday, Dec. 3, to continue the budget review.Members of the public will be able to attend the meeting and...

A former doctor accused of sexual assault has been acquitted of one of those charge.Peter Inkpen was in Vernon court Tuesday, Nov. 26, for a decision in the trial where he faced a count of sexual assault.The B.C. Prosecution Service said the trial judge acquitted Inkpen of that charge at the Vernon courts Tuesday, Nov....

The park in Kelowna's downtown core will once again be home to the outdoor ice rink this winter.The City of Kelowna said preparation work was underway at Stuart Park with the goal of having the rink ready for skaters by Saturday, Nov. 30.The rink will be open at 9 a.m. Saturday, but the rest of the season will be open ...

The District of Lake Country has acquired the property that used to be home to the B.C. Tree Fruits Co-Operative.The district submitted a bid of $9.1-million for the 8.4 acre lot at 9718 Bottom Wood Lake Road, next to the Winfield Arena activity hub, and was successful in its purchase.Lake Country plans to use the site...

The slope that collapsed onto Highway 97 in in the summer of 2023 will be permanently stabilized next year.The rockslide brought down roughly 3,000 cubic metres of debris and material onto the highway north of Summerland on August 28, 2023.Crews cleared the roads, surveyed the slope, and conducted some temporary stabil...

The Liberal candidate in a federal byelection in British Columbia says she is applying for Métis membership after a local group questioned her claims of Indigenous identity. Madison Fleischer says in a written statement that she self-identifies as Métis based on what she knows about her great-grandmother'...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says 25-per-cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods would be "devastating" for the province's lumber and forestry industries. He made the comment ahead of a meeting with fellow first ministers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Eby was scheduled to participate in the ...

FORT NELSON, B.C. - Police say a hiker who was reported missing more than five weeks ago amid frigid conditions in northern British Columbia has been found alive. Northern Rockies RCMP say Sam Benastick was spotted on Tuesday when he flagged down two workers on a trail to Redfern Lake, about 250 kilometres southwest of...

OTTAWA - A Canadian soldier deployed to Europe has died of medical complications. The Canadian Armed Forces says Lt.-Col. Kent Miller was serving in Casteau, Belgium, when he died Monday. It says he was serving under Operation Unifier, an Armed Forces program that trains Ukrainian military and security personnel in bat...

KENSINGTON, P.E.I. - A feud over proposed pickleball courts in Prince Edward Island has prompted a longtime mayor to throw in the towel. Rowan Caseley says there was lots he still wanted to accomplish as mayor of Kensington, P.E.I., but he felt he had to resign Monday after the town council voted to build six picklebal...

The Liberal candidate in a federal byelection in British Columbia says she is applying for Métis membership after a local group questioned her claims of Indigenous identity. Madison Fleischer says in a written statement that she self-identifies as Métis based on what she knows about her great-grandmother'...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her reelection bid Wednesday after a recount confirmed her lead, helping her party pad its thin majority in the U.S. House and retain control of all four of Iowa's congressional seats. Miller-Meeks said in a post on the social platform X that she was ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her reelection bid Wednesday after a recount confirmed her lead, helping her party pad its thin majority in the U.S. House and retain control of all four of Iowa's congressional seats. Miller-Meeks defeated Democrat Christina Bohannan in a rematch of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18. A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to dis...