In a day full of Indigenous celebration in Lake Country, Vernon-Lumby MLA Harwinder Sandhu stepped up against recent opposition to Truth and Reconciliation. Sandhu and Lake Country Mayor Blair Ireland were in attendance at the 28th Winter Family Gathering Traditional Pow Wow, presented by the Lake Country Native Association at the Winfield Community Hall on […]

A candlelight vigil marking International Trans Day of Remembrance in Vernon included a lesson on blue whale anatomy. Rye Harwood, director at large with the Vernon Pride Society, presented a fact about the world’s largest animal to a crowd of nearly 100 people who gathered in solemn observance Thursday evening, Nov. 20. “They have a

The Thomas Haney Craft Fair is a success in every way. Firstly, it is expected to draw more than 6,000 people to the Maple Ridge secondary school. Secondly, student organizers expect it to raise more than the $25,000 it took in last year. Also, it’s the biggest student-run craft fair in the province, happening this

Efforts to capture the bears involved in a Bella Coola attack that sent three children and one adult to hospital have continued into Saturday, Nov. 22. Additional British Columbia Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) officers are on scene in the remote northern B.C. community after the grizzly bear attack on Thursday, Nov. 20. Based on its

A contract worker has died at the Gibraltar copper mine northeast of Wiliams Lake, the mine’s operator confirmed Friday, Nov. 21. An accident took place at the mine Friday resulting in the death of one worker, with no further injuries reported, Taseko Mines confirmed in a press release. The incident occurred in an active mining