News Items tag as: Vernon Search and Rescue 2018

Funding approved for new Vernon Search and Rescue facility
October 19, 2018 - 2:46 PM

VERNON - Both the community and the Regional District of North Okanagan approved funding for a new Vernon Search and Rescue Facility this week.
Search and rescue save a man at Fintry Falls
August 06, 2018 - 8:44 AM

VERNON - Search and Rescue were called out Sunday afternoon to help rescue a man who had fallen at Fintry Falls provincial park.
Body of Enderby woman found in Shuswap River
March 29, 2018 - 2:07 PM

ENDERBY - A woman's body was recovered from the Shuswap River yesterday afternoon.
Lost snowmobiler found after surviving a cold night in the North Okanagan
January 23, 2018 - 9:33 AM

NORTH OKANAGAN - A missing snowmobiler was found in a mountain range south east of Enderby Sunday night after spending a cold night alone.
Two young boys found suffering from hypothermia after getting lost in the woods
January 02, 2018 - 6:47 AM

VERNON - Two young boys who got lost in the woods on New Year’s Eve are safe and sound thanks to Vernon Search and Rescue.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

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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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Funding approved for new Vernon Search and Rescue facility