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UPDATE: Medical patient located thanks to public tip
May 13, 2015 - 10:04 AM

UPDATE 10 A.M., MAY 13, 2015
Electoral boundary changes go to public hearing in Kamloops, Vernon
May 12, 2015 - 4:31 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Changes are being recommended in many electoral areas across the province and this week you can get your say in on those changes at three meetings throughout the region.
Pop-up art gallery, food cart to add vibrancy to downtown Vernon this summer
May 12, 2015 - 2:29 PM

VERNON - People stepping off Greyhound or public transit buses in downtown Vernon will have a unique shipping container art gallery and at least one food truck waiting for them this summer.
Decision on proposed Shuswap school closure expected tonight
May 12, 2015 - 1:00 PM

NORTH OKANAGAN - Some tough decisions are expected to be made by the North Okanagan-Shuswap School Board tonight, May 12.
Vernon council not happy with provincial government over Stickle Road plan
May 12, 2015 - 11:26 AM

VERNON - Elected representatives refuse to keep quiet about their concerns around a Ministry of Transportation initiative to modify the Stickle Road intersection at Highway 97 in Vernon.
Fire danger ratings reach extreme
May 12, 2015 - 10:30 AM

OPEN BURNING RESTRICTIONS START FRIDAY
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

UPDATE: Medical patient located thanks to public tip