News Items tag as: VNJAN2025

Vernon seniors centre sued by founders over unpaid debt
January 31, 2025 - 7:00 AM

The organization that founded the Schubert Centre in Vernon is suing the seniors centre claiming it has defaulted on a $121,000 loan.
Licence to re-offend: Judge rejects house arrest for Vernon harasser
January 30, 2025 - 5:07 PM

A Vernon man who engaged in a “campaign of terror” against his ex-partner will remain in jail after a BC judge refused a sentence of house arrest put forward by lawyers in the case.
Pilot who fled 2023 Shuswap helicopter crash finally arrested
January 29, 2025 - 7:00 AM

A helicopter pilot who fled the scene after his chopper crashed in the Shuswap River in 2023 has finally been arrested.
Police watchdog rules no foul play after Lumby man stabbed himself during standoff
January 28, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The BC police watchdog has cleared Mounties of any wrongdoing after a Lumby man stabbed himself in the stomach during a tense stand-off last winter.
71-year-old woman hit by pickup in Vernon crosswalk
January 27, 2025 - 11:05 AM

A 71-year-old woman was hit by a pickup truck in a Vernon crosswalk Saturday night.
Highway Patrol officer channels ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ to get out of damaged cruiser in Shuswap
January 24, 2025 - 11:15 AM

A BC Highway Patrol officer remembered lessons learned from the American hit TV show "Dukes of Hazzard" when his police vehicle's door got damaged while he was working in Salmon Arm.
Vernon teen receives second annual Junior Good Citizen Award
January 23, 2025 - 5:00 PM

A 15-year-old student received the second annual Vernon Junior Good Citizen award from the North Okanagan Optimist Club on Wednesday.
Vernon RCMP renew appeal for information about missing man with Alzheimer's
January 23, 2025 - 1:21 PM

Vernon RCMP are asking people to keep an eye out for a man with Alzheimer’s who went missing a year ago.
Man arrested during home invasion in Shuswap
January 22, 2025 - 9:00 AM

An armed man broke into a home in the Shuswap on the weekend, and the people who live there confronted him.
Former Vernon BC United candidate suing party over unpaid expenses
January 21, 2025 - 1:30 PM

Former BC United candidate Kevin Acton is suing the party for $10,000 worth of unpaid expenses.
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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

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

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