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Watch this North Okanagan apple grow; incredible one minute time lapse
September 21, 2015 - 8:00 PM

VERNON - A Vernon orchard has captured the magic of an apple’s growth from blossom to fruit in a one minute video.
While others walked away, you won't believe who saved a Vernon pet shop from disaster
September 21, 2015 - 4:53 PM

"THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT HE DID"
$12,000 worth of tire chains stolen from Vernon storage yard
September 21, 2015 - 3:32 PM

VERNON - RCMP are asking for the public’s help to find the thieves who stole thousands of dollars worth of tire chains from a storage yard on the weekend.
Vernon convenience store clerk shaken, but not hurt, after robbery
September 21, 2015 - 11:19 AM

VERNON - A convenience store employee did the right thing when a man in a ski mask told him to open the cash register early yesterday morning.
Risk of frost in the Okanagan tonight
September 21, 2015 - 9:30 AM

OKANAGAN - If you haven’t already harvested all your tomatoes you should spend some time covering them up today — there’s a risk of frost through much of the Okanagan tonight.
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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 first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Watch this North Okanagan apple grow; incredible one minute time lapse