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Canadiens coach St. Louis sends thoughts to Brown University after shooting
MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis sent his thoughts to the community at Brown University - where his son Ryan is a student and hockey player - a day after a campus shooting left two people dead and nine others wounded. "He was on cam...
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Quinn Hughes completes a Wild few days with a goal in first game with Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A "Welcome to Minnesota" message played on the video board during a first period break, and Minnesota Wild fans loudly welcomed Quinn Hughes to the self-proclaimed "State of Hockey." Hughes did not seem to notice because he had h...
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Dobes, Canadiens hold off Oilers for 4-1 win as Draisaitl remains at 999 points
MONTREAL - Jakub Dobes stopped 27 shots as the Montreal Canadiens held off the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 and prevented Leon Draisaitl from recording his 1,000th point on Sunday. Ivan Demidov, Joe Veleno, Nick Suzuki and Alexandre Texier scored for Montreal (...
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Local Sports

Taekwon-Do Tournament
Sundance Martial Arts finishes first overall at Western Canadian Championships
The local martial arts school proved its mettle at a major tournament.Sundance Martial Arts placed first overall at the 2025 Western Canadian ITF Taekwon-Do Championships.The Vernon-based dojo secured the title after its athletes took home 20 gold, 17 silver, and 32 bronze medals across nearly all age categories."...
Dec 12, 2025
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Off-Season Freestyle Training
Silver Star Freestyle Club raising money for a new air-bag training site
The local freestyle ski group is raising money for a brand new, off-season training equipment.Silver Star Freestyle Club wants to establish an Air-Bag Training Site, where the athletes can practice their skiing and snowboarding skills when the snow is not flying."This facility will allow our athletes to have acces...
Dec 12, 2025
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Olympic Trials
Sovereign Lake Nordic Club holding Olympic trials
The local cross country ski venue will play host to Canada's Olympic hopefuls.Nordiq Canada said Olympics Canada would hold its cross country ski trials at Sovereign Lake Nordic Club.The trials were originally to planned to be held at Prince George's Caledonia Nordic Ski Centre, but organizers decided to move it to the...
Dec 01, 2025
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Council grants
Vernon to distribute over $50k in Council Discretionary Grants, $20K to the food bank
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Possible firearm involved
One person apprehended in connection with suspicious activity in Coldstream
Dec 13, 2025
Fatal Collision, Highway Closed
One person dead in crash near Revelstoke
Dec 13, 2025

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Salaries
Vernon Council to discuss lesser pay increases
Dec 12, 2025
Police Watchdog Investigation
Nakusp RCMP member not facing charges relating to fatal crash
Dec 12, 2025
Vernon Vipers

Play-By-Play Opportunity
Young hockey fans call Vipers game through Junior Broadcaster program
An initiative between the Vernon Vipers and 107.5 Beach Radio is allowing young fans to be part of the game experience.The Junior Broadcaster program sees a lucky local student in Grade 6 through 12 pick up the mic and join the Vipers' official play-by-play announcer, Graham Turnbull, in the broadcasting booth.The prog...
Oct 13, 2025
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Assistant Coaches
UPDATE: Vernon Vipers strengthen core behind the bench
The Vernon Vipers has brought in two new coaching staff member.The local BCHL team announced Monday, August 11, that Mike Sommer and Ryan Hollweg have been hired on as the Vipers' Assistant Coaches for the upcoming season.Sommer, of White Rock, brings over a decade of experience to the Vipers. He spent the previous two...
Aug 11, 2025
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UPDATE: No injuries as experts assess landslide on Westside Rd
UPDATE: The regional district says no injuries or damage has been reported after the landslide that shut down Westside Road North around 10 p.m.last night. The closure is between Main Street and Denison Road. Traffic has to detour via Hwy 97 through Vernon and Kelowna. A post by multiple agencies shows an aerial image ...
Apr 02, 2025
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