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Study at UBC Okanagan seeks breast cancer survivors
May 22, 2015 - 8:33 AM

OKANAGAN - A researcher from UBC Okanagan is hoping to find survivors of breast cancer for a study on the effects of increasing physical exercise after treatment and rehabilitation.
Dangerous driver who left Vernon nurse paralyzed sent to prison
May 21, 2015 - 4:47 PM

“I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE WORSE THAN JAIL”: NURSE
Tolko's mountain of ash plagues Spallumcheen residents
May 21, 2015 - 4:33 PM

SPALLUMCHEEN - Palisades Mobile Home Park resident Beverly Anderson first experienced what she calls a “soot storm” shortly after she moved in last year.
Second crossing 20 years out but planning now is essential, transportation ministry says
May 21, 2015 - 2:34 PM

WEST KELOWNA - If you ask project director Murray Tekano, the current study about where to put a second Okanagan Lake crossing is not just a public relations exercise to be seen doing something.
Why Vernon won't have fireworks at this year's Canada Day celebration
May 21, 2015 - 1:05 PM

CITY DOESN'T PUT ON THE SHOW, BUT IT MANAGED TO PUT IT OUT
Man says bull called Slow Poke was violent despite name, sues Vernon rodeo company
May 21, 2015 - 10:29 AM

KAMLOOPS - A novice rider is suing a rodeo company in Vernon, B.C., over a bull named Slow Poke that he alleges failed to live up to its name and caused him serious injury.
Hot Okanagan temperatures not quite record-breaking
May 21, 2015 - 9:30 AM

OKANAGAN - Temperatures soared into the high 20s Wednesday, and will get even hotter Thursday and Friday, but it wasn’t quite enough for a record.
Laundry workers bring anti-privatization message to Interior Health
May 21, 2015 - 8:31 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Hospital Employees' Union reps will get their first chance to argue their case against privatizing laundry services in front of the Interior Health Authority board next week.
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Okanagan apples returning to market amid adversity
A year after the BC Tree Fruit Cooperative closed down, orchardists in the Okanagan are quietly optimistic about this year's apple harvest. It's been a bumper year for cherries , and peaches and apricots are back on track . And no

Smells of weed. Roars of airplanes. Loud crowds. It's all part of the US Open's chaos
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Penticton property owners facing $33M bill for new water system fight back
The spokesperson for the Sage Mesa Water Users Group didn't pull any verbal punches when discussing the fear, anxiety and anger that has spread amongst 240 property owners facing massive water bills for decades as a potential $33-million debt

News Items tag as: VNMAY2115

Study at UBC Okanagan seeks breast cancer survivors

Dangerous driver who left Vernon nurse paralyzed sent to prison

Tolko's mountain of ash plagues Spallumcheen residents

Second crossing 20 years out but planning now is essential, transportation ministry says

Why Vernon won't have fireworks at this year's Canada Day celebration

Man says bull called Slow Poke was violent despite name, sues Vernon rodeo company

Hot Okanagan temperatures not quite record-breaking

Laundry workers bring anti-privatization message to Interior Health

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