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Vernon dog obsessed with swimming becomes TikTok star
May 27, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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Every night at 7 p.m. Vernon resident Lisa Mazurek streams video on TikTok of her dog, Thor, jumping into and swimming in his very own indoor pool and it’s delighting his followers, over 65,000 of them.
Vernon school district joins business in demand for more affordable worker housing
May 23, 2023 - 7:00 PM
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Vernon schools are struggling to recruit workers because of the housing crisis. So are other employers, such as Interior Health.
Epic Adventure teams power through Okanagan in gruelling race
May 23, 2023 - 12:00 PM

Contestants participating in a gruelling 580-kilometre adventure race will be making their way through the North Okanagan today and tomorrow as four teams compete on foot, mountain bikes and in canoes using maps and compasses to navigate the Okanagan race course.
Vernon woman braves the elements to save her dog
May 22, 2023 - 3:30 PM

A Vernon woman probably didn’t think her day could get any worse after losing her dog at Marshall Field, and then she slipped into a cold creek and became submerged.
Vernon RCMP is stepping up backcountry enforcement this weekend
May 20, 2023 - 12:00 PM

Vernon cops plan to rule the backcountry with an iron fist this long weekend.
Crown seeks to revoke accused Vernon killer's bail
May 19, 2023 - 6:00 PM

A woman accused of murder in Vernon is back in custody after she allegedly breached her conditions near Victoria.
UPDATE: Wildfire in Silver Star foothills above Vernon extinguished
May 18, 2023 - 2:33 PM

Fire crews have extinguished a wildfire in the Silver Star foothills above Vernon.
Salmon Arm woman claims hospital lab mix-up delayed cancer diagnosis
May 18, 2023 - 6:00 AM

A Salmon Arm woman is taking Interior Health and her surgeon to court after she says her cancer went undiagnosed for eight months.
UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman located
May 17, 2023 - 1:56 PM

UPDATE: May 17, 2023
Smoke from Alberta wildfires prompts smoky skies warning in Kamloops, Okanagan
May 17, 2023 - 12:09 PM

Most of the B.C. Interior can expect poor air quality thanks to smoke from wildfires burning in Alberta.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

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