News Items tag as: VNMAY2022

Kelowna woman arrested for starting fires in North Okanagan
June 16, 2022 - 3:39 PM

Vernon RCMP have arrested a 44-year-old Kelowna woman for allegedly deliberately starting fires along Highway 97A near Enderby.
Okanagan nurse suspended for checking medical records
June 04, 2022 - 2:32 PM

A Vernon nurse has been suspended for six months for accessing medical records he didn't need to look at.
North Okanagan RCMP investigating homicide after man's body found on OKIB land
May 30, 2022 - 4:50 PM

RCMP are treating the discovery of a man's body on 6 Mile Creek Road on Okanagan Indian Band land as a murder.
Vernon grad gets $40,000 scholarship
May 30, 2022 - 12:39 PM

A Vernon graduate isn’t going to have to worry so much about how to pay for school next year.
Thompson, Okanagan tourism still lagging behind pre-pandemic numbers
May 30, 2022 - 7:00 AM

Even with the vast majority of COVID restrictions now lifted, tourism in the Thompson and Okanagan regions is still lagging behind pre-pandemic numbers.
B.C. realtor ordered to pay $1.5M for botched sale gets slight break
May 29, 2022 - 8:02 AM
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A B.C. realtor who was ordered to pay $1.5 million after he sold a piece of land without telling the buyer it was soon to be transferred into the Agricultural Land Reserve has won a partial reprieve after taking the case to the B.C. Court of Appeal.
100,000 birds impacted by avian influenza in B.C.
May 28, 2022 - 3:29 PM

Half of the outbreaks reported in B.C. of the deadly avian influenza are in Okanagan flocks.
North Okanagan-Shuswap School District appealing $200K WorkSafeB.C. fine
May 28, 2022 - 12:32 PM

The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District is appealing a $200,000 fine it received after its contractor drilled into walls containing asbestos at one of its elementary schools.
Anti-mandate group organizing recall of Vernon's MLA
May 28, 2022 - 6:00 AM

A Vernon man who describes himself as a "Canadian Freedom Fighter" and attended the Ottawa trucker protest earlier this year is among a group spearheading a recall campaign to overturn the 2020 provincial election results.
Police dog tracks suspect in Coldstream home invasion
May 27, 2022 - 4:12 PM

Vernon police dog Jagger sniffed out a suspect who was hiding just blocks away from a home he had broken into early yesterday morning.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of June 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjon

Chefs mourn for Okanagan's peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout
Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson says that when it comes to a fat Okanagan peach, there are "endless possibilities" for a fruit that signifies summer. Maybe a salad? “They play so nicely together with nice blackcurrant leaf o

Kelowna woman loses legal fight with housing co-op over medical cannabis
A Kelowna woman who wanted to smoke medical marijuana in her unit has lost a legal battle against her housing cooperative. According to a June 26 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Natausha Couture argued the Okanagan Housing Cooperativ

Prospective Kelowna homebuyers backed out of deal, ordered to pay over $300K
It was too late to back out when prospective homebuyers in Kelowna were refused a mortgage last year. The bank said the home wasn't worth the agreed upon $1.1 million and wouldn't lend the money. Although the bank appeared to be cor

News Items tag as: VNMAY2022

Kelowna woman arrested for starting fires in North Okanagan

Okanagan nurse suspended for checking medical records

North Okanagan RCMP investigating homicide after man's body found on OKIB land

Vernon grad gets $40,000 scholarship

Thompson, Okanagan tourism still lagging behind pre-pandemic numbers

B.C. realtor ordered to pay $1.5M for botched sale gets slight break

100,000 birds impacted by avian influenza in B.C.

North Okanagan-Shuswap School District appealing $200K WorkSafeB.C. fine

Anti-mandate group organizing recall of Vernon's MLA

Police dog tracks suspect in Coldstream home invasion

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