Vernon News

Readers of my financial novel, Findependence Day, already know the phrase guerrilla frugality.

Fastball has wrapped up for another season, and my tour of the Okanagan has ground to a halt.

Of note in the charitable vein: Former Red Wing Brent Gilchrist's annual charity golf tournament's scheduled to take place in Vernon, British Columbia next weekend, as the Vernon Morning Star's Kevin Mitchell notes: July 5, Vernon Morning Star : Last year's custom golf cart included a sound system and a few other extras which enticed Vernon's Eric ...

A sea of red and white is sure to fill the North Okanagan today in celebration of Canada.

The skies are ready to explode in celebration of Canada Day. The annual fireworks shows gets underway at the DND grounds Wednesday at 10 p.m. Vernon Mayor Wayne Lippert says the show, "is a great opportunity for our residents to celebrate our heritage and recognize our nation's birthday, and I applaud the efforts of our local fire departments in ...

Reports of a fuel spill potentially impacting drinking water in Kalamalka Lake Wednesday turned out to be relatively minor.

The coronera s office and RCMP traffic analysts continue to investigate the discovery of a fatal motor-vehicle accident Tuesday near Cherryville.

Lacombe County councillors are heading to Vernon, B.C. to learn the doa s and dona ts of RV resort development.

On Highway 97 a few kilometres south of Vernon, Ernie Simkiw had positioned his tow truck in front of a disabled vehicle.

VERNON, B.C. - Police dressed in dark-clad gear with helmets and protective vests, and armed with semi-automatic weapons, drew a bead on an aging blue locomotive in the Kelowna Pacific Railway yard near Okanagan Spring Brewery Wednesday.

Maria Molnar's eyes scan over the reflection of trees and mountains in the clear turquoise glacial waters of Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park.

The parents of a young girl who was abducted in September, 2008 say they feel they can finally move on after the man convicted of the offense was sentenced June 9. Robin Joseph Wingie, 42, of MacBride B.C., was sentenced to two and a half years probation and time served after being convicted of kidnapping, abduction of a child under 14, dangerous ...

Adam Hadwin, a former Canadian junior national team member out of the University of Louisville, shot a sizzling 67 to assure his spot in the 156-player main field of the Canadian Tour's Times Colonist Open at Victoria's Uplands Golf Course.

Kelowna Council will get a look at a new parking plan aimed at easing tensions between South Pandosy merchants and City Hall.

Alan Patterson dreams big. Walk the quiet roads of Willow Bunch, a small French-Catholic town of 400 people southwest of Regina, and it's hard to find a street without a property Patterson now has a stake in.

Nothing to do with Microsoft datacenters, everything to do with an attempt to figure out where YOU are.

The weather has finally turned the corner so get out those clubs as the course has never been in better shape.

An explosion that rocked a Vernon neighbourhood continues to be investigated. Rocks were sent flying into two homes, as well as adjacent yards, as part of a blasting project on Mt.

It's views like this that make me want to jump on the next plane to B.C. This home in Coldstream Valley near Vernon is on one acre overlooking the Monashee Mountains, the valley and Kalamalka Lake.

New Brunswick confirmed its first case of swine flu Friday, raising Canada's total to 35, as the federal government prepared to roll out a national public-awareness campaign to educate Canadians.