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New Okanagan disc golf course lands in Vernon
June 04, 2015 - 7:31 PM

VERNON - You’ve got your putting and your driving Frisbees, your heavy ones and your sleek, thin ones, and now fans of the popular sport of disc golf — and curious newcomers — will have a scenic, and best of all, free, course in Vernon to fling them on.
SNELSON TRIAL UPDATE: Friends recall last moments with Jennifer Cusworth
June 03, 2015 - 5:53 PM

KAMLOOPS - The last time Jennifer Cusworth’s friends saw her alive at a house party, they planned to get her home safely after drinking into the early morning hours of October 16, 1993.
Why you've been reading so much about Vernon vacations lately
June 03, 2015 - 2:28 PM

VERNON - Vernon has made headlines in various travel publications of late, but what you might not know is how those stories came to be.
Salmonella outbreak proof that monitoring system works: Buckerfield's CEO
June 03, 2015 - 1:01 PM

KELOWNA - The recent spike of salmonella cases connected to live poultry sales is a good news story, proof the system works rather than an indictment of its failings, according to a local business.
United Airlines drops service to Kelowna
June 03, 2015 - 12:33 PM

KELOWNA – After less than a year of service between Kelowna and San Francisco, United Airlines has departed for good.
Vernon woman shows what Lyme disease really looks like
June 03, 2015 - 8:29 AM

VERNON - A young Vernon woman battling Lyme disease hopes you’ll share her story.
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New Okanagan disc golf course lands in Vernon