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Silver Star in good shape for opening thanks to dump of snow
November 05, 2015 - 9:00 PM

VERNON - Silver Star will open up trails for nordic skiing, fat biking and snowshoeing in a week thanks to plentiful snowfall on the mountain.
Crash into tree claims life of Chase man
November 05, 2015 - 5:13 PM

CHASE – A Chase man is dead after crashing his pickup into a tree in Chase last night.
Lake Country man arrested for lighting house on fire
November 05, 2015 - 3:33 PM

LAKE COUNTRY – A Lake Country man has been arrested for a suspicious fire at a house on the corner of Highway 97 and Beaver Lake Road this week.
Help for Malakwa truck stop workers left jobless after fire
November 05, 2015 - 1:00 PM

MALAKWA - A fundraising initiative is underway to help support employees of the popular Skyline Truck Stop, which burned to the ground earlier this week in Malakwa.
First snowflakes fall on Vernon and area
November 05, 2015 - 9:22 AM

NORTH OKANAGAN - Fall colours are really popping against a contrast of white this morning around parts of the North Okanagan.
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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
NEW YORK (AP) — There are some tennis players, such as Frances Tiafoe or Madison Keys or Ben Shelton, who can't wait for the U.S. Open to come around each year, with its boisterous crowds, its bold-faced names in the stands, its music a

Quashing rumours floating around off-grid community of Frederick on Kamloops Lake
A curious little community 20 kilometres into the mountains from Kamloops is entirely off-the-grid and has been the subject of ridiculous rumours. Located at the end of several kilometres of dirt road and over a CN railway track, Frederick

Silver Star in good shape for opening thanks to dump of snow