News Items tag as: VNMAY2022

Kelowna woman arrested for starting fires in North Okanagan
June 16, 2022 - 3:39 PM

Vernon RCMP have arrested a 44-year-old Kelowna woman for allegedly deliberately starting fires along Highway 97A near Enderby.
Okanagan nurse suspended for checking medical records
June 04, 2022 - 2:32 PM

A Vernon nurse has been suspended for six months for accessing medical records he didn't need to look at.
North Okanagan RCMP investigating homicide after man's body found on OKIB land
May 30, 2022 - 4:50 PM

RCMP are treating the discovery of a man's body on 6 Mile Creek Road on Okanagan Indian Band land as a murder.
Vernon grad gets $40,000 scholarship
May 30, 2022 - 12:39 PM

A Vernon graduate isn’t going to have to worry so much about how to pay for school next year.
Thompson, Okanagan tourism still lagging behind pre-pandemic numbers
May 30, 2022 - 7:00 AM

Even with the vast majority of COVID restrictions now lifted, tourism in the Thompson and Okanagan regions is still lagging behind pre-pandemic numbers.
B.C. realtor ordered to pay $1.5M for botched sale gets slight break
May 29, 2022 - 8:02 AM
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A B.C. realtor who was ordered to pay $1.5 million after he sold a piece of land without telling the buyer it was soon to be transferred into the Agricultural Land Reserve has won a partial reprieve after taking the case to the B.C. Court of Appeal.
100,000 birds impacted by avian influenza in B.C.
May 28, 2022 - 3:29 PM

Half of the outbreaks reported in B.C. of the deadly avian influenza are in Okanagan flocks.
North Okanagan-Shuswap School District appealing $200K WorkSafeB.C. fine
May 28, 2022 - 12:32 PM

The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District is appealing a $200,000 fine it received after its contractor drilled into walls containing asbestos at one of its elementary schools.
Anti-mandate group organizing recall of Vernon's MLA
May 28, 2022 - 6:00 AM

A Vernon man who describes himself as a "Canadian Freedom Fighter" and attended the Ottawa trucker protest earlier this year is among a group spearheading a recall campaign to overturn the 2020 provincial election results.
Police dog tracks suspect in Coldstream home invasion
May 27, 2022 - 4:12 PM

Vernon police dog Jagger sniffed out a suspect who was hiding just blocks away from a home he had broken into early yesterday morning.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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