News Items tag as: VNNOV2024

'Bright and happy': Vernon artist finds beauty in the mundane
December 01, 2024 - 2:30 PM

Vernon artist Liz MacArthur loves to paint the little things she finds extraordinarily beautiful. What others may find mundane, she studies, finds the remarkable and captures it with her paintbrush.
Vernon woman dedicated to helping senior pets over the rainbow bridge
December 01, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Fostering senior dogs and cats takes a special kind of love as the animals are in their final days and a Vernon woman is doing her best to help the animals in her care feel loved.
OKIB mother and daughter ensuring Indigenous food security with 'food forest'
November 30, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Mariel and Sienna Belanger, a Syilx mother and daughter duo from the Okanagan Indian Band, are in the midst of creating a "food forest", a resource that will secure organic, local Indigenous food for generations to come.
UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman located
November 27, 2024 - 10:40 AM

UPDATE: Nov. 27, 2024
Suspect in custody after smash and grab at Coldstream business
November 25, 2024 - 11:54 AM

A suspect is in custody after a smash and grab at a Coldstream business early Monday morning.
Police release few details about shooting in Vernon parking lot
November 25, 2024 - 11:38 AM

A gun was fired in the parking lot of a Vernon business last week.
'It's inhumane': Vernon woman with dementia hopeful for medically assisted dying
November 24, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Every year more people are choosing medical assistance in dying in the Interior Health Authority since it became legal eight years ago.
Syilx mother and daughter's documentary 'Horse Woman' about more than horses
November 23, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A North Okanagan mother and daughter are celebrating the release of their documentary about the need for resilience, familial and cultural ties, and a connection to the land.
Vernon arborist working without a permit fined $1,000
November 21, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A Vernon arborist who continued to work without a permit after being warned has pleaded guilty in the Vernon provincial court and fined $1,000.
'Deep injustice': No jail for North Okanagan mom accused of role in son's death
November 21, 2024 - 3:35 PM

While there's no denying that former Lumby resident Keisha Marie McCrea assaulted her son Ethan shortly before he died, Crown prosecutors couldn't prove the assault ultimately caused the boy's death.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

News Items tag as: VNNOV2024

'Bright and happy': Vernon artist finds beauty in the mundane

Vernon woman dedicated to helping senior pets over the rainbow bridge

OKIB mother and daughter ensuring Indigenous food security with 'food forest'

UPDATE: Missing Vernon woman located

Suspect in custody after smash and grab at Coldstream business

Police release few details about shooting in Vernon parking lot

'It's inhumane': Vernon woman with dementia hopeful for medically assisted dying

Syilx mother and daughter's documentary 'Horse Woman' about more than horses

Vernon arborist working without a permit fined $1,000

'Deep injustice': No jail for North Okanagan mom accused of role in son's death

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