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What you should know before spending the night at a forestry campsite
March 17, 2015 - 8:28 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you can’t bear the thought of digging out your own personal earthen toilet bowl, jump back in your 36 foot deluxe model travel trailer and turn right around — forestry camping is not for you.
Windstorm wreaks havoc on Lumby trailer park
March 16, 2015 - 7:30 PM

LUMBY - It was like a scene out of the Wizard of Oz: A carport swept into the air, bits of siding blowing off homes and dust clouding the air.
Enderby woman's story highlights WorkSafe B.C. initiative
March 16, 2015 - 4:29 PM

ENDERBY - It was supposed to be just a regular day out mending a fence on the family farm, but in a fraction of a moment a 21-year-old Enderby woman became entangled in machinery and her life was in the hands of a medical team at Kelowna General Hospital.
Money from bad guys goes to the good guys in Vernon
March 16, 2015 - 3:18 PM

VERNON - A new advocacy centre for abused or neglected children, training for domestic violence workers, educational initiatives around technology issues like cyber-stalking — all brought to you by previously dirty money.
Speed traps make law breakers see double over the weekend
March 16, 2015 - 11:51 AM

VERNON - RCMP used a cunning technique to nab speeders along Highway 97 south of Vernon over the weekend.
Water service interruption scheduled this week
March 16, 2015 - 11:50 AM

VERNON - Water service will be interrupted Tuesday and Wednesday in areas of Vernon while the city conducts repairs.
Windstorm forces Lumby residents from their homes
March 16, 2015 - 11:45 AM

VERNON - Lumby residents were evacuated from their homes over the weekend due to a major windstorm.
Vernon Mounties catch well armed break-in suspect
March 16, 2015 - 11:42 AM

VERNON – An eagle-eyed neighbour played a role in the apprehension of a break-and-enter suspect in Vernon on the weekend.
Avalanche risk increases on heels of windy, wet weekend
March 16, 2015 - 10:28 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - With spring break officially underway for students and spring-like temperatures throughout the region it may feel like spring in the valleys but this past weekend proved winter is not over just yet.
More cuts on the horizon for Vernon School District
March 16, 2015 - 9:25 AM

VERNON - More cuts are on the way in the Vernon School District.
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