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RCMP appeal for witnesses to abduction, assault near Armstrong fair grounds
August 10, 2023 - 12:00 AM

Vernon RCMP are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted and abducted in Armstrong after leaving the Interior Provincial Exhibition this past weekend.
Explore Three Valley Gap’s ghost town for the 1st time for Halloween
October 30, 2022 - 10:15 AM

- This story was originally published Sept. 24, 2022.
Are you getting what you want from Vernon’s Active Living Centre?
October 01, 2022 - 2:01 PM

Vernon's proposed Active Living Centre won't look like Kelowna's popular family water park, the H20 Adventure and Fitness Centre, because that's not what Vernon residents asked for.
50 years in the family: Vernon bowling alley now up for sale
September 29, 2022 - 7:00 PM

"It's going to be tough."
Gas prices reaching painful levels in Okanagan, Kamloops
September 29, 2022 - 2:10 PM
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Drivers across the province are experiencing sticker shock as gas prices take a huge jump.
New Asian fusion eatery opens in downtown Vernon
September 29, 2022 - 6:00 AM
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An Asian restaurant located in the heart of Vernon opened this month.
Vernon woman's 'mid-level' fentanyl dealing nets her 3 years jail
September 28, 2022 - 6:00 PM

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton said he "admired and respected" the steps that Selina Mitchell had taken in the four years since she was arrested for being a "mid-level" fentanyl dealer.
Vernon RCMP find suspect vehicle associated with shooting
September 28, 2022 - 2:28 PM

Vernon RCMP have tracked down a vehicle they believe was associated with a targeting shooting earlier this week.
Anesthesiologist working in B.C. pain clinic charged with sexual assault
September 28, 2022 - 2:09 PM

A Surrey anesthesiologist has been charged with sexual assault.
Unseasonably warm fall snaps heat record in Vernon
September 28, 2022 - 8:40 AM

Despite unseasonably high temperatures in the Thompson-Okanagan for much of September the region hasn't broken any daily high records recently as has happened in many B.C. and Alberta communities.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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