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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THOMPSON: Trying to make sense of the senseless hate in the US
OPINION After every heinous crime in the United States - like the recent attacks on two Minnesota politicians and their spouses or Trump’s use of military force in Los Angeles to quell non-existent “riots&

iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

Supreme Court will hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off by prison guards in violation of his religious beliefs. The justices will review an appellate ru

Kelowna strata management firm fined $15K for not doing any managing
A Kelowna strata management company is on the hook $15,000 after it failed to do anything for a property it was managing. According to a June 2 BC Financial Services Authority decision, property manager Robert Tomislav Zivkovic provided &qu

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