News Items tag as: VNOCT2022

UPDATE: Vernon RCMP say missing woman located
November 04, 2022 - 10:09 AM

UPDATE: Nov. 4, 2022
Vernon Winter Carnival launch Carnival of Lights
November 03, 2022 - 12:58 PM

The once-popular Vernon Light Up will be back this year after the Vernon Winter Carnival stepped up and relaunched the event.
'Last Breath' Netflix documentary diver who cheated death speaking in Vernon
November 02, 2022 - 9:26 AM

A Scottish north sea diver is sharing his near-death experience in Vernon next month as a way to help locals cope with death.
Vernon man charged with murder loses appeal over psychiatric detention report
November 01, 2022 - 5:07 PM

A Vernon man who was deemed unfit to stand trial after being charged with the second-degree murder of a 50-year-old Vernon man, has lost an appeal to keep his psychiatric detention report private.
Vernon councillor ‘disappointed’ with permanent closure of blood lab
October 31, 2022 - 2:00 PM

A Vernon city councillor who has first-hand experience of the challenges with getting blood tested in the city says it’s “disappointing” Interior Health has shuttered one of the few blood labs available.
Blood lab permanently closes in Vernon due to staffing shortages
October 30, 2022 - 2:02 PM

A Vernon blood collection lab has permanently closed after challenges recruiting medical lab assistants.
Man could be jailed for 8 years for drug trafficking at luxury lakeside Vernon condo
October 30, 2022 - 8:40 AM

A 28-year-old Vancouver Island man found to have had a kilogram of cocaine in his lakeside Vernon apartment could be looking at eight years in jail.
iN PHOTOS: Paddle boarding witches stir up lakes in Okanagan, Shuswap
October 29, 2022 - 3:29 PM

A coven of witches are expected to stir up Kalamalka Lake in Coldstream on Halloween eve, but instead of broomsticks they will be using paddles.
Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband graduated from North Okanagan high school
October 28, 2022 - 5:00 PM

A B.C. man arrested this morning for a violent attack on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi graduated from a North Okanagan high school.
iN VIDEO: Trucker swerved into oncoming lane to avoid head-on collision in Shuswap
October 28, 2022 - 1:03 PM
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An alert truck driver had to cross the centre line of the Trans-Canada Highway in order to avoid a head-on crash near Sicamous.
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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

Shuttered Kelowna distillery loses another appeal over $60K unpaid wages
The owners of a shuttered Kelowna distillery have failed in their second attempt to overturn a ruling which ordered the company to pay a former staffer $60,000 in unpaid wages. In two separate April 24 BC Employment Standards Tribunal decis

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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