The City of Vernon had a lot of savings in 2025.The city's financial report stated the revenue and the expenditure budgets were forecasted at over $119-million for the fiscal year.The report said unaudited revenues were down slightly at $118.7-million as of December 31, 2025, though that was made up from expenditures w...

A special ceremony will be held in Vernon to celebrate a local Paralympian.Ina Forrest of Spallumcheen won gold in Wheelchair Curling at the 2026 Paralympic Games.Forrest now has medaled in five Paralympics, taking three golds and two bronzes over those competitions.In the most recent games Forrest and Team Canada also...

The City of Vernon has once again been recognized for the work done by its finance department.At the regular council meeting Monday, March 23, Vernon's Director of Financial Services, Elma Hamming, was presented with the Canadian Award for Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association."This ...

Stand-up comedian and former Saturday Night Live writer John Mulaney is set to perform in British Columbia this fall with stops in both Victoria and Kelowna.Mulaney will take the stage at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena in Victoria on Nov. 12 before heading to Prospera Place in Kelowna on Nov. 13 as part of his Mister Wha...

The Kelowna Farmers and Crafters Market is set to open its 2026 season this weekend.The first market of the year is schedule for Saturday, April 4, bringing together local farmers, makers, and the community in the Landmark District. The market will run every Wednesday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until October 31...

West Kelowna RCMP say all individuals involved in a March 19 incident at the Tallus Reservoir have been identified and are cooperating with investigators. The event caused only minor property damage, but the precautionary "Do Not Consume Water" order for parts of the Rose Valley Water Service Area remains in ...

VICTORIA - Vessels will have to steer one kilometre clear of endangered southern resident orcas under newly proposed federal regulations that are being applauded by commercial whale watchers. Erin Gless, executive director of the Pacific Whale Watch As...

MAPLE RIDGE - A 45-year-old man is facing a manslaughter charge in the death of another man following a fight at a Metro Vancouver home earlier this month. Police say the BC Prosecution Service on Monday upgraded a previous charge of assault causing bo...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in British Columbia's Fraser Valley are investigating a fatal shooting at the "complex" crime scene of a large homeless encampment. Abbotsford police and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said the shooting happened late Mon...

VANCOUVER - An outdoor adventure group says a member who died after trying to rescue a companion on one of Metro Vancouver's tallest mountains was a visitor from China, whose family now faces "enormous" medical bills. The Pacific Northwest Outdoor Asso...

OTTAWA - Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target. Elections Canada's advisory committee of political parties says voters will have to write...

NEW YORK - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released flight data and radio transmissions of the final three minutes of the fatal Air Canada flight at New York's LaGuardia Airport Sunday night. The information indicates that a fire truc...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A Cambodian man deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country program was released on Wednesday to be repatriated after spending five months at a maximum-s...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States sent a 15-point plan to Iran for a possible ceasefire, an official said, even as it began to move paratroopers to the Mideast to back up a contingent of Marines heading there on Wednesday. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election for a Florida state House seat on Tuesday, flipping a district that is home to President Donald Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago. The Republican president endorsed Gregory's rival,...