News Items tag as: VNJAN2022

'Untold story': Vernon's 'bush boys' featured in new podcast
March 13, 2022 - 12:29 PM

In the fall of 2003, two teenage boys arrived in Vernon and claimed to have been raised in the deep B.C. wilderness without contact with society.
Firefighters douse small fire next door to Vernon Towne Theatre
February 10, 2022 - 8:30 AM

Firefighters were busy early this morning putting out a small fire at a downtown business next to the historic Vernon Towne Theatre.

Firefighters responded to tje fire at roughly 2 a.m. today, Feb. 10, in the 2900-block of 30 Avenue.
B.C. man awarded $1K for 'mental distress' in custody battle over dog
February 06, 2022 - 2:31 PM

A B.C. man has been awarded $1,000 for the mental anguish he had to go through after his former partner barred him from seeing their pet dog.
Second Okanagan protest convoy planned for this weekend
February 04, 2022 - 6:30 AM

While protesters from across the country are hunkered down in Ottawa in the ongoing trucker protest, supporters in the Okanagan are planning another show of support on Saturday.
Semi trucks collide on icy Trans-Canada near Salmon Arm
February 03, 2022 - 10:59 AM

Two commercial truck drivers escaped serious injury yesterday after one of the trucks lost control on an icy section of the Trans-Canada Highway west of Salmon Arm.
Southern Interior sees 40 per cent fewer homes for sale in January
February 02, 2022 - 4:30 PM
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Overall there were almost 40 per cent fewer homes for sale across the Southern Interior in January compared to the same month in 2021.
Salmon Arm man fined $130K for lying to investors
February 02, 2022 - 9:37 AM

A Salmon Arm man has been fined $130,000 for making false and misleading statements that lost investors, many of whom were elderly, the majority of their money.
North Okanagan heavy metal festival back on this summer
January 31, 2022 - 3:43 PM

Put on hiatus because of the pandemic, the weekend-long Armstrong heavy metal festival will be returning to the small North Okanagan town this summer.
B.C. Interior cattle ranchers grappling with feed shortages
January 30, 2022 - 3:33 PM

The summer’s floods, wildfires and extreme heat has meant a shortage of feed for cattle ranchers in the southern Interior.
Highway 1 to be closed due to avalanche work
January 30, 2022 - 9:14 AM

The Trans-Canada Highway will be closed this afternoon as crews conduct avalanche mitigation work.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
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

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

News Items tag as: VNJAN2022

'Untold story': Vernon's 'bush boys' featured in new podcast

Firefighters douse small fire next door to Vernon Towne Theatre

B.C. man awarded $1K for 'mental distress' in custody battle over dog

Second Okanagan protest convoy planned for this weekend

Semi trucks collide on icy Trans-Canada near Salmon Arm

Southern Interior sees 40 per cent fewer homes for sale in January

Salmon Arm man fined $130K for lying to investors

North Okanagan heavy metal festival back on this summer

B.C. Interior cattle ranchers grappling with feed shortages

Highway 1 to be closed due to avalanche work

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