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CORRECTION: Household recycling costs not on the rise in Central Okanagan
September 13, 2018 - 3:04 PM

EDITOR'S NOTE: Our story yesterday incorrectly reported that the cost of recycling is going up in the Central Okanagan in 2019.
Vernon mayoral candidate apologetic about past social media outbursts
August 29, 2018 - 2:00 PM

VERNON - Vernon mayoral candidate Darrin Taylor has come under fire for several social media posts in which he calls a local environmental group "hard-left enviro-nazis," appears to advocate for people to carry guns and calls Vernon a "Hicktown."
26-year-old latest candidate in Vernon mayoral race
August 28, 2018 - 5:00 PM

VERNON - A 26-year-old convenience store operator is the latest candidate to enter the race to become mayor of Vernon.
Controlled burns planned for Monashee Fire Complex in North Okanagan
August 28, 2018 - 1:29 PM

VERNON – B.C. Wildfire is giving people in the North Okanagan a heads up about plans to light controlled burns in the Monashee Complex of fires this week.
VIDEO: Art exhibit maps out women's perceptions of Kamloops
August 20, 2018 - 11:00 AM

KAMLOOPS - A survey of around 800 women in Kamloops has become a cultural mapping and participatory art project entitled EmpowerHer.
Vernon's new council will receive pay increase
August 13, 2018 - 5:11 PM

VERNON - Vernon city council have approved a pay raise that will come into place for this fall's new council.
UPDATE: Snowy Mountain wildfire encroaching on U.S. border
August 05, 2018 - 8:46 AM

KEREMEOS - Though weather may be cooperating with crews working on the Snowy Mountain wildfire, our neighbours to the south are keeping an eye on it.
What you can and can't use during a campfire ban
August 02, 2018 - 1:35 PM

Just because there is a campfire ban in place for much of B.C. it doesn't mean you need to say goodbye to campfires all together.
Cathedral Lakes Lodge on evacuation alert
July 29, 2018 - 4:37 PM

PENTICTON - More wildfire activity is causing another evacuation alert in the district today.
Rutland senior centre fire damages much more than just the building
July 27, 2018 - 1:00 PM

KELOWNA - Outside the Rutland Seniors Centre, Sue Lord could only shake her head as she contemplated the damage caused by an arson fire.
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