Pickleballers showed their support to those in need by contributing to a local food drive this month.The Vernon Pickleball Association held a food drive throughout December where the group was able to 813 pounds of non-perishable food. The organization also collected toiletries, and donated all of the items to the Salv...

A man wanted by local police has been apprehended, thanks to a vigilant member of the public.At approximately 8:20 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, a witness spotted a vehicle near Silver Star Road in Vernon and believed the driver to be acting in a suspicious manner.The witness reported the sighting and a description of the driv...

The City of Vernon is halfway through its revisions of its major community plans.The city is reviewing and updating its Official Community Plan (OCP) and Transportation Plan (TP), which outline strategies for the long-term growth and development of the community.Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the public engagement processes fo...

A Sicamous resident faces charges related to a drug and firearm trafficking case.Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) approved charges against Jesse Pat Lyle on Friday, Dec. 27.The charges relate to a case in April of 2024 where Boder Services Officers intercepted and seized three prohibited devices in courier package ...

British Columbia will see its Federal Transfers increase in the 2025-26 fiscal year.The Federal Government announced that B.C. would receive nearly $10-billion total major transfers.The first estimate of the province's Canada Health Transfer was $7.548-billion, with the province also set to receive $2.404-billion in Ca...

The Member of Parliament for North-Okanagan Shuswap said 2024 had some positives and negatives for most Canadians.Speaking to Vernon Matters, Mel Arnold said the highlight for his political career this past year was having his Private Members Bill (PMB) pass and become law."One of the highlights for my year has be...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Telecom giant Rogers Communications says it has activated five new cellular towers along British Columbia's Highway of Tears, marking the "substantial completion" of efforts to improve access to 911 services on the route. Rogers says in a statement that the new cellular towers along High...

VANCOUVER - Inland ferry services that are crucial to several small communities in southeast British Columbia face being further cut from today as a labour dispute on Kootenay Lake escalates. The West Kootenay communities of Harrop, Procter and Glade could see their ferry service reduced after a B.C. Labour Relations B...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Joe Average was an artist, advocate and activist whose bright, multicoloured images were as multi-faceted as his existence. But his sister Karin Carson says she used to giggle about his fame and always called him by Brock, his given name. Carson, who lives in Falkland, B.C., outside Vernon, said...

MONTREAL - Quebec ski hill operators say they're remaining optimistic despite warm temperatures and heavy rainfall that could dampen the lucrative holiday ski period. The co-owner of the Mont-Saint-Bruno hill on Montreal's South Shore says the conditions resemble spring skiing, during which people can dress lightly and...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Joe Average was an artist, advocate and activist whose bright, multicoloured images were as multi-faceted as his existence. But his sister Karin Carson says she used to giggle about his fame and always called him by Brock, his given name. Carson, who lives in Falkland, B.C., outside Vernon, said...

HALIFAX - The plane that caught fire upon landing at Halifax's airport over the weekend has been removed, and the runway has reopened. A spokesperson with the Halifax Stanfield International Airport says the runway reopened at 10:15 a.m., leaving both of the airport's runways available for regular flights. An Air Canad...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean law enforcement officials on Monday requested a court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree on Dec. 3 amounted to rebellion. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which is leadin...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean law enforcement officials have requested a court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree this month amounted to rebellion. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which is leading a ...

ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. He was 100 years old. The Carter Center said the 39th president died Sund...