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Vernon bank robber enters guilty pleas
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.
Bobbing boat mistaken for body
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.
Police search for Subway robber
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.
Thrills and Spills at the Falkland Rodeo
A Vernon man driving with over five pounds of marijuana didn't escape police by taking the the back roads.
A Vernon man driving with over five pounds of marijuana didn't escape police by taking the the back roads.
Around 10:30 p.m. on Friday night, an officer was working traffic enforcement on Highway 97 near Irish Creek Road and was monitoring the speed of northbound traffic.
Vernon man survives deadly crash
The unidentified 21-year-old was travelling from the Okanagan in a Ford Ranger pickup, on May 8, when a southbound Ford Focus pulled out to pass a southbound commercial vehicle and slammed head on into the pickup truck.
John Thomson's I Didn't Know That
It's now just months away before the major construction begins on the thirteen Target Canada stores in B.C. Ledcor Construction Ltd.
No one is quite sure which Star Wars' fan made the connection between the movie's catch phrase "May the Force be with you" and May 4th on the calendar to come up with "May the fourth be with you." However, the phrase first appeared in print when Margaret Thatcher was elected Britain's first female Prime Minister on May 4th, 1979, and her party ... (more)
No drunk riding charge for horse thief
An unusual sight caused caught the eye of an RCMP officer in Lumby on April 15. An intoxicated woman was slumped over a saddleless horse on Highway 6 near Dure Meadow Road.
Viewers of Castanet are reporting what appears to be a serious motorcycle crash on Highway 97 just south of Vernon.