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'MAJOR FATIGUE': COVID-19 not over for former Vernon man, and he isn’t alone
March 24, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Nathan Harrison had an active healthy lifestyle growing up swimming, water skiing and snowboarding in Vernon, and continued enjoying recreational activities after moving to Revelstoke where he worked as a chef for years while raising his daughter.
Kamloops council concerned about lost tax revenue on BC Housing projects
February 12, 2025 - 7:00 AM

As BC Housing buys up more properties in Kamloops, some councillors have grown concerned about the lost tax revenue.
Terminally ill Salmon Arm grandmother leaving legacy of love, family and nursing
January 13, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Family members gather in a spacious, brightly lit living room in a third storey apartment chatting, laughing and baking together on a gloomy winter day in Salmon Arm.
How to keep track of Santa as he travels Canada and the world
December 24, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Santa is checking his map and checking it twice as he makes his way to bring gifts to all of the girls and boys in the Okanagan and Kamloops.
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
December 03, 2024 - 12:30 PM

Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.
What Kamloops, Okanagan public can expect when saving overdose victims
September 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Earlier this year, Kamloops resident Candice Romanoff came across a man in the alley behind her residence who was slumped over, not moving.
Young Vernon girl hit in crosswalk last month dies in hospital
August 17, 2024 - 2:05 PM
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A young Vernon girl who was hit by a truck while in a crosswalk last month has died of her injuries in hospital, her family has shared.
'SURVIVOR': Ex-wife of Vernon killer fears for his next partner
August 12, 2024 - 7:26 AM

On Christmas Eve 2011, more than a decade before Vernon pharmacist Shaun Wiebe was sent to jail for killing his girlfriend Heather Barker, he pinned his ex-wife, Terri Wiebe, to their bed and grabbed her throat.
More than 600 drivers checked for impaired driving in South Okanagan
July 09, 2024 - 2:52 PM

More than 600 drivers were pulled over by officers with the RCMP's BC Highway Patrol during impaired driving checks over three days in the South Okanagan last week.
Vernon's Ukrainian dance ensemble raising funds for humanitarian aid
May 20, 2024 - 10:30 AM

A troop of Ukrainian dancers is organizing a festival in Vernon to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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