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Mother, son duo arrested in connection with Lumby drug rip
April 14, 2015 - 10:58 AM

VERNON - A mother and son duo are facing charges after allegedly stealing medical marijuana plants from a licensed grower in Lumby.
Lumby man's offence not so different from his last
April 14, 2015 - 8:08 AM

LUMBY - It was deja-vu for a North Okanagan cop dealing with an impaired driving case.
UPDATE: Crews battle grass fire in Enderby
April 13, 2015 - 4:29 PM

ENDERBY – Smoke could be seen for miles as volunteers with the Enderby Fire Department fought a grass fire tMonday afternoon.
Vernon RCMP investigate possibility of impaired driving in weekend crash
April 13, 2015 - 1:03 PM

VERNON - Police are treating a car crash which knocked out power to hundreds of residents as an impaired driving case.
Vernon senior could face charges after five hour standoff with police
April 13, 2015 - 11:58 AM

VERNON - An elderly man arrested after a five hour standoff with police is looking at possible charges.
Teen killed in fatal fall from cliff not using climbing gear: RCMP
April 13, 2015 - 11:24 AM

VERNON - It looks like an 18-year-old wasn’t using any safety equipment when he decided to go rock climbing and wound up taking a fatal fall from a rock face near Vernon on the weekend.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Mother, son duo arrested in connection with Lumby drug rip