News Items tag as: VNJAN1615

Facing fines for a different kind of murder
January 16, 2015 - 7:30 PM

KAMLOOPS – It all started with giving a few birds some peanuts on a morning walk. Now, Toby Jackson faces $300 in fines and a possible court case.

Jackson started feeding some of the neighbourhood crows after doing some research on the birds’ intelligence. Beyond the ability to use tools, Jackson says the breed of bird is capable of recognizing individual faces and differentiate between friendly and harmful people.
Vernon tax hike lower than expected
January 16, 2015 - 5:16 PM

VERNON - This year’s taxes will go up, but not as much as first expected.
Fire erupts at home in BX neighbourhood
January 16, 2015 - 5:14 PM

VERNON - Firefighters battled flames and thick smoke after a grease fire erupted in a Vernon kitchen Friday afternoon.
Transportation Minister moved to tears by letter from girl whose family died in car crash
January 16, 2015 - 4:36 PM

KAMLOOPS – Transportation Minister Todd Stone says his ministry is responding to the concerns of a seven-year-old girl who made highway improvement suggestions after her family died in a car crash near Lillooet earlier this month.

Stone was reminded of the latest high priority section of Highway 12 earlier this week when he received a

New Predator Ridge firehall up and running
January 16, 2015 - 2:46 PM

VERNON - Construction of the new firehall at Predator Ridge is complete, it's staffed and its truck is ready to roll.
City will fund Sundays at the Vernon Library after near cancellation
January 16, 2015 - 2:35 PM

VERNON - Sundays at the Vernon Library are here to stay.
Man arrested for break and enter also wanted in Alberta
January 16, 2015 - 11:32 AM

VERNON - Mounties arrested one of two men a witness said broke into a new townhouse construction site overnight, Jan. 16, 2015.
More snow on the way this weekend
January 16, 2015 - 11:28 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The temperatures are warming up but we are not out of the woods when it comes to snow just yet, Mother Nature may add another layer of the white stuff before the weekend is over.
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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

Facing fines for a different kind of murder