News Items tag as: VNJUN2017

UPDATE: Man drowns in Shuswap Lake while on camping trip
July 04, 2017 - 9:22 AM

SHUSWAP - Over the Canada Day long weekend a man from Surrey drowned while in a swimming area in a local campground.
Brazen daytime shooting in Vernon's Polson Park was likely targeted: RCMP
June 30, 2017 - 12:58 PM

VERNON – The investigation into a brazen daytime shooting in Polson Park yesterday afternoon continues today with police releasing more details about the incident.
Pilot dies in ultralight plane crash in Enderby
June 30, 2017 - 11:56 AM

ENDERBY – A 71-year-old Salmon Arm man was killed in an ultralight plane crash in the North Okanagan last night.
Overdoses claimed 129 lives in B.C. last month
June 30, 2017 - 11:13 AM

Last month illicit drug overdose deaths dropped slightly, but since May of 2016, deaths in B.C. have spiked by 158 per cent.
Pickup fire caught on video near Vernon
June 30, 2017 - 10:46 AM

VERNON – Video sent to iNFOnew.ca shows firefighters dealing with the remnants of a vehicle fire near Swan Lake yesterday.
Expect more Coquihalla Highway delays than usual this Canada Day long weekend
June 29, 2017 - 8:00 PM

Canada's birthday weekend is just around the corner, and the already busy travel weekend could get a little more hectic thanks to construction on the main route between the Interior and the Lower Mainland.
Organizers make final push for spectacular Canada Day celebrations in Vernon
June 29, 2017 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - With the big event just days away, organizers of the Vernon Canada Day celebrations are still a few thousand dollars short of their fundraising goal.
Police seek witnesses to brazen daytime shooting in Polson Park
June 29, 2017 - 4:07 PM

VERNON - Areas of Polson Park remain closed to the public today as police investigate an afternoon shooting that put a man in hospital.
Heat, sunshine and some cloud for Canada 150 in the Okanagan
June 29, 2017 - 12:11 PM

OKANAGAN - It looks like the weather will cooperate on the Canada Day long weekend in the Okanagan with lots of sun and only a little bit of rain in the forecast.
Group of tubers rescued after hitting log jam on Shuswap River
June 29, 2017 - 11:57 AM

ENDERBY - The public is being reminded to stay off the Shuswap River after a group of tubers hit a log jam and had to be rescued by a nearby fisherman.
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WILD WEDNESDAY: A B.C. Interior grassland 'video hike'
Every week, WildSafe B.C. posts a new video to its Facebook page to highlight a wild space in the B.C. Interior. This week, provincial WildSafe B.C. coordinator Frank Ritcey takes you on a grassland hike near Kamloops showin