Vernon News

RCMP say it could have been a lot worse for two teens who escaped a submerged truck Sunday afternoon.

That is what awaited a full house at the Village Green Hotel Thursday morning at the annual Mayor and Planners Breakfast, hosted by the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce.

A man charged with twice robbing a Royal Bank branch in Vernon in the summer of 2011 has pleaded guilty to the charges in Vancouver.

Canada's newest soldiers graduated Saturday May 26, during a ceremony at the Brigadier Murphy Armoury on 18th Ave, in Vernon.

Residents of Okanagan Landing can breath a sigh of relief after witnessing what they thought was a person clinging to a flotation device on Okanagan Lake.

According to RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk, police were called to an armed robbery in the 3100 block of Highway 6 after staff reported a lone woman had entered the business and demanded cash.

Fire crews with the BX Fire Department were unable to salvage the home. It was totally engulfed in flames when they arrived.

By Richard Rolke - Vernon Morning Star Published: May 22, 2012 8:00 AM Updated: May 22, 2012 9:01 AM Firefighters from both the Vernon and BX-Swan Lake departments responded to a call in the 1000 block of BX Road at just past 11:30 p.m. "The fire was quite entrenched.

A Vernon man driving with over five pounds of marijuana didn't escape police by taking the the back roads.

The City of Vernon is taking exception to allegations that they are not doing as good a job managing the Wesbild Centre as previous operators have.

Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble members Aria Fedoruk, Baya Inzunza, Jorja Catt and Paige Fedoruk watch dancers on stage at the the recent Ukraine Fundraising Banquet in Salmon Arm.

Vernon council has decided to provide an additional $1,787 to the Downtown Vernon Association to oversee maintenance and beautification downtown.

On Friday at approximately 4:15 p.m., a fire broke out at Sanderson Automotive Service and U-Haul Rentals, on 31st Street in Vernon.

A Vernon man driving with over five pounds of marijuana didn't escape police by taking the the back roads.

Four workers at a recreation centre in Vernon, B.C., have been honoured for coming to the aid of a Manitoba woman who collapsed from cardiac arrest while using a treadmill in January.

Apology overdue: Burnaby resident Stanley Fukawa, 74, was just a child when his family moved to Vernon while Japanese Canadians were interned during the Second World War.

RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the suspect a 32-year-old Vernon man was arrested as he returned to his vehicle in the area of 32 Street and 39 Avenue.

Firefighters and forest officials from the Vernon Fire Zone have been invited by the City of Vernon and Vernon Fire Rescue to help remove combustible forest fuels that pose a risk to interface communities around Becker Park, located off 39th Avenue and Alexis Park Drive.

According to RCMP Spokesperson Gord Molendyk, it appears that one or more persons caused damage to numerous vehicles around the city on Saturday evening.

Vancouver-based jazz singer Jaclyn Guillou will return to the Moose Jaw Public Library theatre for a concert on May 13.