News Items tag as: VNFEB2022

North Okanagan curler happy to be home with bronze Paralympic medal
March 20, 2022 - 8:01 AM

A Spallumcheen woman who never participated in a Paralympics game without earning a medal has returned home with a shiny new bronze to add to her collection.
UPDATE: Vernon RCMP say missing woman located
March 03, 2022 - 9:42 AM

UPDATE: Thursday, March 3, 2022
Vernon puts 500-metre buffer between pot shops in oversaturated market
February 28, 2022 - 6:00 PM
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More than two years after the suggestion was originally brought to the table, Vernon city council has passed a motion to require cannabis stores to be at least 500 metres from each other.
Vernon petitioners urge city to turn former Kin Race Track into bike park
February 27, 2022 - 2:33 PM

Petitioners are asking Vernon city council to turn a former race track into an all-age bike park.
syilx elders in need of support after fire destroys home
February 25, 2022 - 1:05 PM

An Okanagan Indian Band family is focused on rebuilding after their house was destroyed by fire this week.
Rally in support of Ukraine this weekend in Vernon
February 25, 2022 - 1:00 PM

Vernon residents are rallying to support Ukraine this weekend outside of a Vernon church.
iN PHOTOS: Vernon man slogs in knee-high snow to get amazing Aberdeen columns photos
February 25, 2022 - 7:30 AM

A Vernon-based landscape photographer snapped some snowy, early spring photos of the spectacular Aberdeen columns this week.
7-year-old Saskatchewan girl abducted last year found in Vernon
February 24, 2022 - 3:26 PM

A missing seven-year-old Saskatchewan girl who was allegedly abducted by her father last November has been found in Vernon.
Woman suing Catholic church alleging sexual abuse at Vernon school
February 24, 2022 - 6:00 AM

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No jail time for Vernon grandmother guilty of defrauding charity
February 23, 2022 - 7:00 AM

North Okanagan resident Jennifer Louis had 17 cents in her bank account when she fraudulently changed names on her employer's cheques and deposited them into her own bank account.
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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

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