Vernon and North Okanagan

Burning tractor smokes tree and house

  Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Vernon house fire Vernon Fire and Rescue crews were called out at 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon to attend a structure fire at 3411, 24 Avenue. Deputy Fire Chief Lawrie Skolrood says the fire was the result of a lawn tractor...

Home invasion with bats and knives

Photo: Google Street View The home invasion took place in the 600 block of 2nd Avenue NE. Early Friday morning, police received an abandoned 911 call from a cellular phone and were able to trace the call to a residence on the 600 block of 2nd Avenue NE. The...

Armstrong goes to war for charity

Photo: Contributed Storage Warz volunteers work the Yuuup card draw board at last year's charity event You might not get to see Dave Hester or experience the drama of Jarrod and Brandi, but this Storage Warz is for a good cause and worth checking...

Meth lab discovered in Kal Hotel

Photo: Contributed - Brandon Thompson Photo: Contributed - Brandon Thompson Updated 5:24 p.m. - Hazardous materials crews were onsite at the Kal Hotel in...

Young recruits discover their potential

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a police officer? More than 40 students from all over BC’s interior are about to find out. The RCMP Jean Minguy Memorial Youth Academy takes place this week at the Vernon Military Camp and...

Celebrating 80 years of success

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Rachel Davison Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Photo: Melissa...

Search on for missing fisherman

Photo: Contributed - Google Maps Search and Rescue are combing the waters of Shuswap Lake looking for a possible missing fisherman. Police in Salmon Arm say they were alerted to a boat that had been beached near Eagle Bay on Shuswap Lake about 8 a.m. this (Wednesday)...

Suspicious death in the Shuswap

  Photo: Google Maps The incident took place in Anglemont, located 45 minutes Northeast of Chase, BC. Chase RCMP are on the scene of what they are calling a suspicious death involving two people. They were called to a residence in Anglemont, located 45...

Excavation work on Okanagan Landing

Photo: Contributed - City of Vernon The City of Vernon advises residents that excavation work has begun at 6190 Okanagan Landing Road in Vernon, and will continue until approximately May 15. Off-site work is happening on the South side of Okanagan Landing Road, in front...

Man's exposure gets cops attention

  Photo: Google Maps RCMP in Vernon are on the lookout for a man who allegedly exposed himself in a vehicle near Harwood Elementary School last Friday. Police say a concerned parent alerted them about 3 p.m. on April 26, stating her children told her they saw a...

Thieves with hammers rob Mac's store

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Tuesday morning at 1:40 a.m. the Vernon RCMP were dispatched to a call of a robbery at the Mac's Store at 4300 27 Street. The night shift employee was in the back room when she heard the...

Young man in care following altercation

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood BX Creek area (R) where search and rescue teams attempted to recover the knife Vernon RCMP Spokesperson, Gord Molendyk, has confirmed a domestic assault involving a knife in the lower BX area of Vernon. The altercation took place...

Knife used in gas station robbery

Photo: Contributed A man from Alberta will be appearing in a Salmon Arm courtroom after allegedly robbing the Shell Gas bar in Enderby with a knife. According to RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk the suspect entered the store around 8 p.m. April 28, approached the clerk...

Car torched by molotov cocktail

  Photo: Contributed - The low Mo Guys YouTube A molotov cocktail is thrown in this demonstration on YouTube. RCMP in Vernon are investigating a torched 2005 Volvo station-wagon that appears to have been damaged by a molotov cocktail. Officers were...

Making strides in community justice

Photo: Contributed - Restorative Justice Society North Okanagan Margaret Clark, Executive Director Executive Director Margaret Clark says the Restorative Justice Society North Okanagan (RJS-NO) has come a long way since accepting the first referral back in...

Vinyl siding helps save home

    Photo: Melissa Ligertwood A fire broke out at 1515 40 Street in Vernon at approximately 4:30 a.m Monday morning. Chief Lawrie Skolrood of Vernon Fire and Rescue confirmed that nobody was injured in the blaze, which is believed to have started on a...

Yarn attack hits downtown Vernon

  Photo: Contributed - Vernon Public Art Gallery Photo: Contributed - Vernon Public Art Gallery Photo: Contributed - Vernon Public Art Gallery Photo: Contributed - Vernon Public Art Gallery 1 2 3...

Exchanging art and sound

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Local artists help jam-in Vernon's first ever Sound and Art Exchange Friday marks the beginning of Vernon's first Art and Sound Exchange, a weekend of artistic expression at various venues around Vernon's downtown. The...

Staff shortage closes hospital ICU

  Photo: Google Street View Shuswap Lake General Hospital The Intensive Care Unit at tiny Shuswap Lake General Hospital will be closed until Monday due to a staff shortage. ICU services will be handled in the emergency room of the hospital until...

Flags at half-mast for fallen workers

    Photo: Contributed - City of Vernon City Hall flags at half-mast on Friday April 26 in observance Canada's national Day of Mourning The flag was lowered at Vernon City Hall on Friday out of respect for those lost or injured on the...