News Items tag as: VNJUN2024

Armstrong residents arrested after being caught with $40K in illegal tobacco
November 14, 2024 - 12:00 AM

During a routine traffic stop on Saturday police found a two people from Armstrong with more than $40,000 in illegal tobacco and a prohibited weapon.
'Merchants of death': Lengthy sentence for Vernon fentanyl dealer
July 01, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Vernon resident Cody Carl Charles Wellington was on bail and supposed to be living in a treatment centre under 24-hour house arrest when he stole a Ford F-350 from someone's driveway.
Meet the bees that live in those blue shelters in North Okanagan fields
June 30, 2024 - 3:30 PM

People often wonder what those blue huts in farmers’ fields in North Okanagan are for. Those huts usually house an often overlooked alfalfa leafcutting bee.
16-year-old Vernon girl avoids detention after 'cowardly' assault
June 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

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STONEWALLED: Break-in victim does her own police work after Vernon RCMP inaction
June 27, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Since being broken into last week, Vernon couple Manuela Simicic and Vjekoslav Memic have managed to get a photo of the suspect and even tracked them down hanging out in a local park.
Vernon's new $4.4 million wading pool set to open
June 26, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Grossly over budget and a year late Vernon's beloved peanut wading pool is scheduled to reopen on Friday.
Shuswap man charged with second-degree murder of 66-year-old Sicamous woman
June 26, 2024 - 1:01 PM

A 37-year-old Sicamous man has been charged with second-degree murder following the death of a 66-year-old woman at a Sicamous mobile home park a week ago.
'Symbiotic relationship with nature': Vernon's 'first' winery quietly opens
June 26, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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Perched on top of the hillside with expansive views over Swan Lake, Vernon's only winery quietly opened its doors last week.
Vernon lawyer loses bid to delay law society conduct hearing
June 24, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A Vernon lawyer accused of filing "false or misleading" information to the BC Supreme Court when dealing with a property transfer has failed in a last-minute attempt to have a conduct hearing adjourned.
North Okanagan mom who urged son to fight teen guilty of assault
June 22, 2024 - 7:00 PM

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