News Items tag as: VNMAR2024

UPDATE: Missing Vernon man located
April 08, 2024 - 10:50 AM

UPDATE: April 8, 2024
Construction of Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail underway ahead of public hearing
March 30, 2024 - 1:00 PM

Progress on the bike trail from Sicamous to Armstrong is underway as the 2024 construction season starts.
Town hall with B.C. Premier for residents of Vernon-Monashee and Boundary-Similkameen
March 29, 2024 - 1:00 PM

Residents of Vernon-Monashee and Boundary-Similkameen get their chance to ask Premier David Eby anything.
HIDDEN EXPENSES: Salmon Arm family struggles after daughter's life-threatening diagnosis
March 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

For Jerica Armitage, a mother and hospital staffing clerk from Salmon Arm, the hidden expenses of British Columbia’s medical system added an unexpected pressure to her daughter’s diagnosis.
Just three prescribed burns will prepare Okanagan for wildfire season
March 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Only three controlled burns will take place in the Okanagan this spring in an effort to reduce fire fuel and prepare for the wildfire season ahead.
Enderby needs your vote to win Hockeyville contest and fix arena
March 27, 2024 - 1:29 PM

The City of Enderby has advanced to the final four communities across the country with its NHL Kraft Hockeyville bid and is asking residents throughout the region for their votes.
Crews to search underwater in Kal Lake for missing North Okanagan man
March 27, 2024 - 8:52 AM

The search for a missing Coldstream man is going underwater more than three months after he went missing.
Vernon businessperson fights City Hall in court, and wins
March 26, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Yuri Bos has been trying for more than a year to get a business licence so he can lease two parcels of his commercial land in the 4600 block on 34 Street in Vernon.
Vernon RCMP seize guns during self harm call
March 26, 2024 - 11:47 AM

Police seized two guns at a Vernon home while responding to a self-harm threat made on social media.
Man with butane torch arrested in Vernon for starting fire
March 26, 2024 - 10:50 AM

A 35-year-old Vernon man was arrested last week for starting a fire in the city with a butane torch.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: VNMAR2024

UPDATE: Missing Vernon man located

Construction of Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail underway ahead of public hearing

Town hall with B.C. Premier for residents of Vernon-Monashee and Boundary-Similkameen

HIDDEN EXPENSES: Salmon Arm family struggles after daughter's life-threatening diagnosis

Just three prescribed burns will prepare Okanagan for wildfire season

Enderby needs your vote to win Hockeyville contest and fix arena

Crews to search underwater in Kal Lake for missing North Okanagan man

Vernon businessperson fights City Hall in court, and wins

Vernon RCMP seize guns during self harm call

Man with butane torch arrested in Vernon for starting fire

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