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Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming rocks out on stage with The Beaches Nov. 27 at Kal Tire Place. (Steph Montani/SiriusXM)

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VIDEO: Vernon mayor kicks it up with The Beaches on stage

Canadian girl band rocked the city Nov. 27, after community rallied and won SiriusXM contest

Pages from the Book of Kells display the ornate and detailed illustrations. (Trinity College Dublin image)

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Ireland’s Book of Kells opens new chapter in Vernon

All Saints Anglican Church receives exact replica of book, on permanent display as of Nov. 30

SilverStar Mountain Resort saw 25 centimetres fall bringing the snow base to 46 centimetres. (SilverStar Mountain Resort)

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International resort company buys Vernon’s SilverStar

Pacific Group Resorts says no changes are in store for this ski season

The province is collecting chronic wasting disease samples by culling urban deer in Cranbrook and Kimberley from Feb. 18-28. (Barry Coulter/Cranbrook Townsman)

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Chronic wasting disease suspected in deer near Enderby

Hunters in B.C. and especially in the Okanagan are asked to submit deer samples after a case of…

Three horses in distress had to be euthanized from Armstrong in 2024. (BC SPCA photo)

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Animal cruelty leads to ownership ban for Armstrong woman

Horse owner pleads guilty of causing distress after 3 had to be put down in 2024

B.C. Green Party leadership hopeful Emily Lowan made a stop in Armstrong to meet supporters and answer questions in September. (Morning Star file photo)

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BC Green Party leader in Okanagan

Emily Lowan on provincewide tour, Fight the Oligarchs

(Photo courtesy M’Akola Housing Society)

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‘For Indigenous, by Indigenous’ affordable housing boosted across B.C.

Projects in Cranbrook, Fort Nelson, Smithers, Chilliwack and Vernon

An ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C. made global headlines in its fight to save its birds from being culled after avian flu cases were found. (Universal Ostrich Farm photo)

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RCMP and CFIA complete operations at B.C. ostrich farm

Active work, including cull of 314 birds and disposal, done but quarantine remains

The birds at Universal Ostrich Farm before they were killed Nov. 6. (UOF photo)

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Animal justice demands review of CFIA ostrich shootings in B.C.

Group files formal complaint over mass slaughter, claiming unnecessary suffering to birds

BC Hydro has opened the first-of-its-kind portable EV charge site in Lumby. (Contributed)

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1st of its kind: Lumby energized over EV charge station

Electric vehicle owners can now get a charge in Lumby.