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Megan Fowles proclaimed Vernon's Queen Silver Star LX

Megan Fowles proclaimed Vernon's Queen Silver Star LX

Feb 7, 2020 / 7:30 am

After an evening of glittering crowns, tiny princesses, talent demonstrations and more, Megan Fowles was proclaimed Queen Silver Star LX. With her, Princess...

Stussi Sports is title sponsor of the 2020 National Championships

Stussi Sports is title sponsor of the 2020 National Championships

Feb 7, 2020 / 5:00 am

Stussi Sports is a staple in the Okanagan Valley when it comes to cross country skiing equipment. They are well-known in the area and across the province for...

60th Vernon Winter Carnival starts its 10-day run today

60th Vernon Winter Carnival starts its 10-day run today

Feb 7, 2020 / 5:00 am

It took six decades, but the 60th Vernon Winter Carnival officially starts today. And as carnival heads into the future, organizers will be bringing back events...

Queen Silver Star ice palace coming back for 60th carnival event

Queen Silver Star ice palace coming back for 60th carnival event

Feb 6, 2020 / 3:04 pm

Vernon Winter Carnival officially kicks off tomorrow, but first a new Queen Silver Star must be selected. The Queen Silver Star LX proclamation event takes...

Some traffic, transit changes for popular event Saturday

Some traffic, transit changes for popular event Saturday

Feb 6, 2020 / 1:05 pm

Dozens of floats and thousands of people will take over downtown Vernon Saturday for the 60th annual Vernon Winter Carnival Parade. The popular event, that has...

Canada Post will not be delivering mail today

Canada Post will not be delivering mail today

Okanagan Valley Feb 6, 2020 / 12:15 pm

Anyone waiting for a package from Canada post will not get it today. A statement from the national mail service said due to the current weather conditions, a...

Coldstream evaluates design for Rail Trail washroom

Coldstream evaluates design for Rail Trail washroom

Coldstream Feb 6, 2020 / 11:35 am

Soon you won't have to pee in Kalamalka Lake or in the bushes when you use the Okanagan Rail Trail. Coldstream council discussed proposed designs for a...

Queen Silver Star proclamation tonight in Vernon

Queen Silver Star proclamation tonight in Vernon

Feb 6, 2020 / 10:14 am

Tonight's the night Queen Silver Star LX will be revealed. The proclamation of Queen and Princess Silver Star will take place at the Vernon Performing Arts...

Enderby lifts water quality advisory

Enderby lifts water quality advisory

Enderby Feb 6, 2020 / 9:05 am

Enderby residents can drink the water without fear. The city advises that a water quality advisory issued Feb. 3 was rescinded as of midnight. "All planned...

Enderby high school trying to curb students vaping

Enderby high school trying to curb students vaping

Enderby Feb 6, 2020 / 5:00 am

As we all know, vaping has been sweeping high schools across the continent for the past few years. A high percentage of teens, and even preteens, are taking up...

12-pound dog seriously injured in Armstrong attack

12-pound dog seriously injured in Armstrong attack

Armstrong Feb 6, 2020 / 5:00 am

Little Fynn is fighting for his life after being viciously mauled this week. The two-year-old Bichon dog was found bleeding heavily in a snowbank in Armstrong...

Hwy 97 open after eight-car crash north of the Kelowna airport

Hwy 97 open after eight-car crash north of the Kelowna airport

Lake Country Feb 5, 2020 / 7:24 pm

UPDATE 7:20 p.m. Highway 97 northbound is flowing again north of the Kelowna airport, according to social media reports UPDATE 5:35 p.m. Motorists tell...

Open house will provide information on Vernon capital projects

Open house will provide information on Vernon capital projects

Feb 5, 2020 / 4:01 pm

The City of Vernon plans on spending $17 million of your money and they want to tell you all about. The city will be holding an open house Feb. 12 from 5-7 p.m....

Cross country skiing championships less than two months out

Cross country skiing championships less than two months out

Feb 5, 2020 / 1:51 pm

Preparation for the 2020 Ski Nationals at Sovereign Lake are hitting high gear, as the championship event is less than two months away. The nine-day...

Armstrong Co-op taking part in improving community spaces

Armstrong Co-op taking part in improving community spaces

Armstrong Feb 5, 2020 / 12:07 pm

Co-op has been running their Community Spaces campaign for the last five years to help protect, upgrade and improve public places. They are looking build upon...

District 22 reached out to parents, staff about coronavirus

District 22 reached out to parents, staff about coronavirus

Feb 5, 2020 / 10:00 am

The local school district is addressing misinformation around the coronavirus. In a memo sent to staff, parents and guardians Supt. Joe Rogers outlines how...

Another business in downtown Vernon is broken into and burgled

Another business in downtown Vernon is broken into and burgled

Feb 5, 2020 / 5:00 am

Yet another Vernon business has fallen victim to a break-in theft in the downtown core. Maela's Esthetics and Hair by Samantha Marie, who share a building...

Training has begun for Over the Hill Downhill race at SilverStar

Training has begun for Over the Hill Downhill race at SilverStar

Feb 5, 2020 / 5:00 am

It has been a SilverStar tradition for almost four decades, and it's coming back again this year. The 39th annual Over the Hill Downhill race is only days...

Super Bowl jackpot worth $85,000 goes to local man

Super Bowl jackpot worth $85,000 goes to local man

Feb 4, 2020 / 5:00 pm

It really was a super event for one Vernon man who found himself $85,000 richer. The BC Lottery Corporation said Vernon resident Shawn Blackmore scored the big...

Motion picture will be shot in Lumby starting in March

Motion picture will be shot in Lumby starting in March

Lumby Feb 4, 2020 / 2:39 pm

Hollywood is returning to the North Okanagan. Silk Road Productions informed Lumby council Monday it will be shooting a feature film in the area. Cold...