News Items tag as: Good Friday massacre

Second year without a vigil to mark Vernon Good Friday massacre
March 27, 2015 - 11:02 AM

VERNON – For the second year in a row, a vigil to remember the nine members of the Gakhal and Saran families who were murdered in Vernon on Good Friday in 1996 will not be held.
No vigil to mark Good Friday Massacre
April 04, 2014 - 1:24 PM

VERNON – There won’t be a public vigil for the first time in 18 years to mark one of the darkest days in Vernon’s history — a mass murder that claimed 10 lives, including the killer's.
Domestic violence still a problem, 17 years after Canada's second worst mass murder
April 08, 2013 - 11:51 AM

By Charlotte Helston
"The sadness is eternal:" Gakhal family
April 05, 2013 - 8:39 PM

By Charlotte Helston
Vigil remembers victims of Gakhal/Saran mass murder
April 05, 2013 - 1:18 PM

By Charlotte Helston
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
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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

Second year without a vigil to mark Vernon Good Friday massacre