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UPDATE: One person killed in head-on crash on Highway 1 near Salmon Arm
February 01, 2015 - 4:48 PM

SALMON ARM – One person has been killed in a head-on crash on Highway 1 near Salmon Arm.
The hunt is on for a new anchor at Village Green Mall
January 30, 2015 - 7:33 PM

VERNON - Target isn’t the only vacancy in Vernon’s Village Green Centre.
Lumby RCMP arrest suspected post office box thief
January 30, 2015 - 4:12 PM

LUMBY - A suspected post office box thief arrested, cash stolen from the Co-op and a stolen 15,000-litre diesel fuel tank are just some of the crimes officers with the Lumby RCMP detachment are working on.
By the numbers: Vernon SPCA at a glance
January 30, 2015 - 2:36 PM

VERNON - Here are some things you might not know about the Vernon branch of the SPCA.
HELSTON: A reminder that you're innocent until proven guilty
January 30, 2015 - 7:57 AM

In Canada, you’re innocent until proven guilty whether charged with murder or stealing an ice cream cone.
Serial bank robber taunts police with another robbery
January 29, 2015 - 2:11 PM

VERNON – A man police allege is on a three-province robbery spree has likely hit his ninth bank just one day following an inter-provincial news blitz warning the public about him.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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The science and art of making mead at Vernon's Planet Bee
Mead has been gaining in popularity as an alcoholic beverage but also as a craft and career. Planet Bee in Vernon is a case in point. James Nowek, co-owner of Planet Bee honey farm, makes mead right on the premises from honey harvested from

Nebraska will vote on pro-pot measures despite some invalid signatures
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska certified two ballot measures Friday to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general said their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures,

Don’t pay till 2025: Okanagan developers entice renters with freebies
While many people across the Okanagan struggle to find affordable housing those able — or willing — to splash out on rent will find multiple special offers trying to entice them to sign a lease. From a few months of free rent to

UPDATE: One person killed in head-on crash on Highway 1 near Salmon Arm