News Items tag as: VNJAN2023

iN PHOTOS: Outhouse races in North Okanagan flushed with success
January 23, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The parking lots and streets of Lumby were packed this past weekend for the third annual Lumby Outhouse Race, the biggest turnout yet.
Vernon school district steers anti-SOGI campaigners to BC government
January 22, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A flood of letters opposing the provincial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity position should go to the province not the school board, according to School District 22 superintendent Christine Perkins.
UPDATE: Highway 97 at Monte Lake reopens after serious collision
January 16, 2024 - 10:39 AM

Highway 97 on the way to Kamloops from Vernon has reopened following a serious collision this morning.
RCMP ask for help to find missing elderly Coldstream man
January 03, 2024 - 8:26 AM

North Okanagan RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 83-year-old Coldstream man.
Indy filmmakers focusing on Falkland for upcoming documentary
February 11, 2023 - 11:30 AM

Falkland, British Columbia was chosen as the starting point for Kaizen Paradigm – a production company from Kelowna that hopes to showcase more small towns in the Okanagan area.
Slippery conditions on Trans-Canada in Shuswap prompts warning from RCMP
January 31, 2023 - 4:02 PM

RCMP have issued a travel advisory for the Trans-Canada Highway through the Shuswap region this afternoon.
Stolen licence plate leads to drug trafficking charges for Vernon man
January 29, 2023 - 6:30 PM

Mounties in B.C.'s Interior say a Vernon man has been charged for drug trafficking after his vehicle was allegedly found with a stolen Saskatchewan licence plate.
iN PHOTOS: Moose family visits Vernon horse farm
January 29, 2023 - 6:00 PM
iNhome

A family of moose who moved into the woods beside a horse farm in Vernon is drawing interest and delight, and a photographer is capturing them with his camera.
New owners take on popular downtown Vernon restaurant
January 29, 2023 - 12:00 PM
iNwine

A popular downtown Vernon restaurant recently changed hands and the new owners are already rolling up their sleeves.
Judge slams payday loan company's dirty tricks against Shuswap couple
January 27, 2023 - 7:34 AM

A payday loan company that charged a Shuswap couple 45 per cent interest on a $10,000 loan won't be able to go after the couple in the courts after a judge slammed almost every move the company made to get a default order against them and recoup the money.
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iN VIDEO: Kamloops baker gives crash course on making the perfect macaron
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