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New diagnostic equipment to improve patient care in North Okanagan

A new multi-million dollar state-of-the-art CT scanner at Vernon Jubilee Hospital (VJH)  is expected to increase access to timely diagnoses and treatments in B.C.’s North Okanagan. “There isn’t a single area of medicine that CT scans are not used … in neurology for strokes and emergency for strokes and trauma …

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Okanagan documentary puts mural project in the spotlight, gets festival nod – Okanagan

A group of controversial murals that were proposed for Vernon, B.C., last year are getting a second life, in a documentary called Behind the Mask.  In 2022 the ‘Behind the Mask’ mural project was announced; there were plans to hang large photographs of marginalized people wearing masks on buildings across …

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B.C. wildfires: Army reservists deployed from Calgary to help fight fires in Okanagan, Shuswap

Around 40 soldiers from 41 Canadian Brigade Group in Calgary will be deployed early Monday morning to help fight fires in southern B.C. According to a Department of Defense release on Sunday afternoon, the brigade will be deployed as part of Operation LENTUS at 6 a.m. on Monday. The operation …

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Lost hikers brought to safety near Vernon, B.C.

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two hikers were brought to safety Saturday afternoon after getting lost in the Pinnacle Lake area, in B.C.’s North Okanagan. Vernon Search and Rescue (VSAR) says the pair had signaled for help using the satellite-based SOS function on their newer model iPhone. …

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Quest for fire protection for rural Okanagan neighbourhood continues

A North Okanagan politician is hoping Lake Country, B.C., will agree to provide fire service to dozens of his constituents whose neighbourhood currently has no fire protection. After getting a no from the City of Vernon, Regional District of North Okanagan area director Bob Fleming has approached Lake Country about …

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More people living in RVs on Vernon, B.C., streets because they can’t find a home, housing advocates say

Robert Brown never thought he’d be living like this — all of his possessions crammed into an old, 30-foot motorhome, moving from place to place in search of some place to rent or park his RV. Brown and his partner Mathie Franchuck moved to Vernon, B.C., one month ago on a promise …

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