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: Don't speak ill of the dead; speak the truth
OPINION I’ve always heard folks say, “Don’t speak ill of the dead.” Presumably, the reasoning is that they’re no longer here to defend their comments or actions. Sorry, but sometimes we h

New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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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