News Items tag as: VNAUG1115

Vernon council decides town hall meetings aren't needed
August 11, 2015 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - Elected representatives believe Vernon residents have all the opportunities they need to raise issues with the city.
VIDEO: A bird's eye view of the Shuswap
August 11, 2015 - 2:30 PM

SHUSWAP - If you thought the Shuswap was beautiful from the ground, you won’t believe how it looks from the air.
Driver tells Vernon RCMP he didn’t hear alarms, didn’t see flashing lights before hitting train
August 11, 2015 - 11:25 AM

VERNON - Alarms and flashing lights apparently didn’t stop a man from driving into a moving train Monday evening in Vernon.
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THOMPSON: Calling balls and strikes on both sides of the US-Canada border
OPINION “Play!” That’s what we say to start a baseball game. By we, I mean umpires. We never say, “Play ball!”…what you hear in movies about the game. A fine distinction, perhaps,

Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community&

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Vernon council decides town hall meetings aren't needed