News Items tag as: VNJUN2025

UPDATE: Missing Vernon man located
June 05, 2025 - 7:30 AM

UPDATE: June 5, 2025
'No food and no water:' Vernon woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty
June 04, 2025 - 1:51 PM

A Vernon woman who took in unwanted dogs, but then left them living in squalor without food or water, has managed to avoid getting a criminal record after pleading guilty to animal abuse.
BC SPCA calls for regulation after 34 Bengal cats rescued from Vernon breeder
June 04, 2025 - 11:08 AM

BC SPCA officers seized 34 Bengal cats that were in distress in Vernon and said cases like this are why these types of wild-hybrid cats ought to be regulated.
After 30 years in Canada, prolific Vernon drunk driver faces deportation
June 03, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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After more than 30 years in Canada, a Vernon man who has been jailed multiple times for drunk driving will be kicked out of the country after he finishes his latest stint in prison.
RCMP release sketch of Salmon Arm man missing for 23 years
June 02, 2025 - 12:17 PM

Salmon Arm RCMP have put out a sketch of what a missing person would look like 23 years after he went missing.
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Strawberry dilemma: Buy cheap American or more pricey Okanagan grown
Fruit stands with rows and rows of fresh strawberries in the Okanagan should tell you they’re in season, but if you shop for your berries at the grocery store you might feel like it’s a struggle to buy Canadian right now. Americ

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

Leaky sewage system nets another fine for South Okanagan development
A South Okanagan developer was hit with another fine for its leaky sewage system, this time for $158,000. The sewage system was recently taken over by the regional district, but that didn't stop the province from handing down its third

UPDATE: Missing Vernon man located