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'A pretty small appetizer': Native Okanagan crayfish a tasty catch
May 04, 2020 - 7:00 AM

While Nova Scotia lobsters fetch a hefty price and end up on dinner plates across the country, the Okanagan also has its very own tasty crustacean, albeit quite a bit smaller and significantly less popular.
1,000 km upstream: 150,000 sockeye to make the journey back to the southern Okanagan
May 02, 2020 - 8:30 AM

It's roughly a 1,000-kilometre journey that's all upstream and it's estimated 150,000 Okanagan sockeye salmon are soon to start the treacherous trip back to the southern Okanagan.
Cultus Lake, Vernon waterslides owner waiting to see if they can open
May 02, 2020 - 7:00 AM

The new owners are still going ahead with behind the scenes maintenance and general upgrading at the newly named North Okanagan waterslide park, Splashdown Vernon.
'I know somebody took her life:' Ashley Simpson's family still waiting for answers four years after disappearance
May 01, 2020 - 6:00 PM

Cindy Simpson knows that somebody knows something.
UPDATE: Missing Enderby man located
May 01, 2020 - 8:18 AM

UPDATE: 8:15 a.m. Friday May 1, 2020
Kelowna FreshCo opening next week; Vernon store sees delays
April 29, 2020 - 3:15 PM

Kelowna's newest supermarket, FreshCo, is scheduled to open next week, while the Vernon store looks at a possible June opening.
Lack of tourism dollars means Vernon visitor centre will remain closed
April 29, 2020 - 12:45 PM

The Vernon Visitor Information Centre will remain closed for the foreseeable future due to cost-cutting measures implemented by the City.
Vernon RCMP arrest 3 men; cash, drugs and a loaded firearm found
April 29, 2020 - 8:48 AM

Three North Okanagan men all in their early 20s were arrested yesterday after driving erratically in a bid to flee from police in a vehicle with a missing licence plate.
While awaiting trial for his wife's murder, former Vernon man said he was discriminated against
April 29, 2020 - 8:28 AM

A Vernon man who helped his wife’s killer evade arrest for 33 years unsuccessfully filed a Human Rights Code rights complaint, alleging discrimination in services based on age, mental and physical disability.
'Into the unknown': Vernon teacher pens a song about COVID-19 life
April 29, 2020 - 7:00 AM

Parents may be feeling at their wit's end trying to balance their children’s education with their own jobs, but it’s not easy being a teacher either.
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