Almost two dozen people from the surrounding area, including a handful from Vernon, were presented very prestigious awards Friday.At a special ceremony held in Enderby on March 7, Mel Arnold, MP for North Okanagan-Shuswap, handed out 20 King Charles III Coronation Medals to individuals who made significant contribution...

A man was arrested and remains in custody after a weapon and threat complaint in downtown Vernon Thursday.Police said it happened around 8:20 pm at a public facility in the 3300-block of 37th Ave in Vernon. They did not specify which public facility.A man in possession of a knife was allegedly threatening staff and oth...

A man and woman are in custody after an alleged stabbing in Vernon on Thursday.RCMP say it happened around 4:45 p.m. in the 3400 block of Alexis Park Drive.The victim, a bystander, had tried to intervene in an altercation between the two suspects and was stabbed and hit with an object.Frontline officers responded quick...

Almost two dozen people from the surrounding area, including a handful from Vernon, were presented very prestigious awards Friday.At a special ceremony held in Enderby on March 7, Mel Arnold, MP for North Okanagan-Shuswap, handed out 20 King Charles III Coronation Medals to individuals who made significant contribution...

Another example of CCTV surveillance footage helping track down the bad guys in Kelowna.RCMP said they've arrested a 40 year old man in connection to the early morning arsons last month on Springfield and Dayton which damaged two businesses.Police said there was extensive utilization of CCTV footage throughout the neig...

The District of Lake Country is set to begin work on Phase 3 of the Beaver Lake Chain and Vernon Creek Water Management Plan. The plan attempts to deal with the juggling act required to keep various water bodies healthy, especially during the summer.The planning - which aims to address the specific challenge of using B...

VANCOUVER - The federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister and the chief of the Musqueam Indian Band have initialled an agreement they say brings the band one step closer to self-governance. Minister Gary Anandasangaree told a ceremony on Friday afternoon that initialling the Musqueam self-government agreement is a &q...

Health officials in British Columbia say two new travel-related cases of measles have been confirmed in the Lower Mainland, bringing the recent tally to four. Fraser Health says both infected people travelled in the same party from South Korea as another person whose measles infection was identified earlier this week. ...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships for the Canadian Coast Guard. Public Services and Procurement Canada says in a statement that Seaspan's Vancouver Shipyards, located in North Vancouver, B.C., will be building one of the future polar iceb...

TORONTO - Eleven people have been injured after reports of a shooting at a pub near Scarborough Town Centre mall in east Toronto. Police say multiple people were shot near Progress Avenue and Corporate Drive on Friday night. A city spokesperson says 11 adults suffered injuries ranging from minor to critical. Police say...

WINNIPEG - The RCMP said Friday that remains found at a landfill north of Winnipeg have been identified as belonging to Morgan Harris, one of two slain First Nations women who search teams have been looking for at the site since December. The women and two others were the victims of a serial killer in Winnipeg. Here is...

WINNIPEG - RCMP say remains found in a Winnipeg-area landfill have been confirmed to belong to Morgan Harris, who died at the hands of a serial killer in 2022. More coming. The Canadian Press

After two days of dredging, a crane on Friday pulled a Ford station wagon from the Columbia River that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared while on a trip 66 years ago to collect Christmas greenery. The vehicle belonging to Ken and Barbara Martin was found last fall by Archer Mayo, a diver wh...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. after being shot by three volunteer prison employees wielding rifles loaded with live ammunition. Sigmon killed...

NEW YORK (AP) - A former U.S. solicitor general brought in to help a federal judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams recommended Friday that the charges be dropped but that the government not be allowed to refile them at a later date....