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Darren Handschuh

Darren Handschuh


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Darren was born and raised in B.C. and has lived in Vernon for the past 24 years.

After bouncing from job to job in his younger years, he spent two years working in a sawmill and quickly realized that was not the career for him.

After getting laid off for the third time, he went to college where he took journalism and photography which formed the basis for a career he has been enjoying (most of the time) for the past 25 years. He wrote a slice-of-life column for a daily newspaper for eight years and still writes articles for his blog, therudemonkey.blogspot.ca.

He is a middle-aged father of three children. He has one dog and shares his home with two cats (although he's not exactly sure how that happened.)

He is losing hair where he wants it and is growing it where he doesn't need it. He has a love for motorcycles and enjoys martial arts.
Latest Articles from Darren Handschuh
Funtastic Sports Society taking applications for Community Investment Grant Program

Funtastic Sports Society taking applications for Community Investment Grant Program

Mar 18, 2024 / 2:57 pm

The Funtastic Sports Society has money to give away through the community grant program. The annual Vernon Funtastic Slo Pitch Tournament and A&W Music...

Vernon teen at BC Children's Hospital battling rare and serious ailment

Vernon teen at BC Children's Hospital battling rare and serious ailment

Mar 17, 2024 / 4:00 am

Averi Morey is in the fight of her life – again. The Vernon teen is in BC Children's Hospital with a severe and rare condition called aplastic anemia,...

Clean up of a downtown Vernon fire site has been halted due to hazardous materials

Clean up of a downtown Vernon fire site has been halted due to hazardous materials

Mar 17, 2024 / 4:00 am

Work to clean up a large Vernon fire site has been stopped before it really began. The massive fire in the downtown core completely destroyed a building on July...

Great blue herons have once again returned to the Vernon heronry at the north end of town

Great blue herons have once again returned to the Vernon heronry at the north end of town

Mar 16, 2024 / 7:00 pm

The big birds are back. Social media is buzzing over the return of the Vernon's beloved Great Blue Herons to their summer home. This is the 37th year the...

People lined up down the street for second annual Taste of Downtown Vernon

People lined up down the street for second annual Taste of Downtown Vernon

Mar 16, 2024 / 1:00 pm

It's safe to say the second annual Taste of Downtown Vernon is a smashing success. People lined up around the block Saturday for the Downtown Vernon...

Hello Okanagan stops by Vernon's Hot Bread Shoppe to sample some divine baked goods

Hello Okanagan stops by Vernon's Hot Bread Shoppe to sample some divine baked goods

Mar 16, 2024 / 12:00 pm

Vernon's Peter Kaz and David Scarlatescu are back with the latest episode of Hello Okanagan. This week, the Hello Okanagan crew visits Vernon's Hot...

Vernon dust advisory has ended thanks to improved conditions

Vernon dust advisory has ended thanks to improved conditions

Mar 16, 2024 / 10:32 am

Vernon residents can breathe easy, a dust advisory for the area has been lifted. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy in collaboration with...

Rick Trehearne, the driving force behind Vernon's Santas Anonymous, has passed away

Rick Trehearne, the driving force behind Vernon's Santas Anonymous, has passed away

Mar 16, 2024 / 9:00 am

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Rick Trehearne, thousands of children in the North Okanagan were able to have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Birthday....

Massive Chinook helicopters were based at Vernon Army Camp in 1978

Massive Chinook helicopters were based at Vernon Army Camp in 1978

Mar 16, 2024 / 4:00 am

Today's trip down memory lane is a flight into the past. Vernon historian and videographer Francois Arseneault has uncovered footage from 1978 when very...

Fundraiser launched for Vernon man after surviving major heart attacks

Fundraiser launched for Vernon man after surviving major heart attacks

Mar 16, 2024 / 4:00 am

He is described as kind, open and always willing to lend a hand. And now Wes Rolleston, and his wife, Wendy Harvey, need a hand themselves. A serious medical...

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