Graeme Corbett

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Vernon’s Will Harrower rounds the corner in a men’s 4x100-metre relay event.

Harrower heating up track at 40

Vernon's Will Harrower clocks top times on Masters track and field scene.

Vernon’s Will Harrower rounds the corner in a men’s 4x100-metre relay event.

AT RANDOM: On the move

We hand over the keys to our surprisingly affordable Bella Vista mansion, but have yet to settle on a new home.

Vernon’s Noah Morrison grabs some airtime in slopestyle skiing competition. The 17-year-old Vernon secondary student was recently named to the national ski slopestyle team.

Morrison makes national squad

Vernon's Noah Morrison named to Canadian Freestyle Ski Association's national slopestyle roster.

Vernon’s Noah Morrison grabs some airtime in slopestyle skiing competition. The 17-year-old Vernon secondary student was recently named to the national ski slopestyle team.
Vernon’s Matt Walker, a defensive back with the Okanagan Sun, gets some time on kickoff return in B.C. Football Conference action.

Walker works defensive transition

Vernon's Matt Walker excels in new role as defensive back with Okanagan Sun.

Vernon’s Matt Walker, a defensive back with the Okanagan Sun, gets some time on kickoff return in B.C. Football Conference action.
Abby Bernard (left), founder of Real Retro, talks about her handmade vintage hats with Leigha Horsfield of Community Futures at the Young Entrepreneur Dragons' Den trade fair Wednesday at Okanagan College.

Vernon high school students thrive in Dragons’ Den

Vernon students display entrepreneurial spirit at sixth annual Dragons' Den competition.

Abby Bernard (left), founder of Real Retro, talks about her handmade vintage hats with Leigha Horsfield of Community Futures at the Young Entrepreneur Dragons' Den trade fair Wednesday at Okanagan College.
Apsenware president Terry Bigsby demonstrates the capabilities of the company's latest production unit at a grand opening of their new Vernon facility Thursday.

Aspenware ramping up production

Aspenware unveils second-generation production line during grand opening of 25,000 square-foot production facility in Vernon.

Apsenware president Terry Bigsby demonstrates the capabilities of the company's latest production unit at a grand opening of their new Vernon facility Thursday.
Silver Star elementary student Jessica Watts tracks down an incoming pass during an introductory rugby league session Wednesday afternoon.

Rugby gets a league of its own

Silver Star elementary school students introduced to rugby league.

Silver Star elementary student Jessica Watts tracks down an incoming pass during an introductory rugby league session Wednesday afternoon.
Kyle Ayotte (left), of Vernon’s CounterPunch Boxing Club, delivers a body shot on Matthew Pettifer, of North Vancouver’s Griffins Boxing Club, during a Senior Novice bout at the B.C. Amateur Golden Gloves Championships Saturday night at the Rec Centre.

Larson recaptures Golden glory

Derrick Larson of Vernon's CounterPunch Boxing Club earns Golden Boy honour at B.C. Amateur Golden Gloves.

Kyle Ayotte (left), of Vernon’s CounterPunch Boxing Club, delivers a body shot on Matthew Pettifer, of North Vancouver’s Griffins Boxing Club, during a Senior Novice bout at the B.C. Amateur Golden Gloves Championships Saturday night at the Rec Centre.
Alphonse Chabot, a former professional boxer, stands in front of a Lumby mural painted in honour of his extraordinary boxing career.

Chabot hooks ring honour

Lumby's Alphonse Chabot to be honoured at B.C. Amateur Golden Gloves Boxing Championships Saturday night.

Alphonse Chabot, a former professional boxer, stands in front of a Lumby mural painted in honour of his extraordinary boxing career.
Bradley Holbrook, CTO of Vernon-based Servillian Technology, is excited to be launching Spectrum, the company’s latest online sports management tool.

Servillian Technology sports web solution

Vernon's Servillian Technology launching online sports management tool called Spectrum.

Bradley Holbrook, CTO of Vernon-based Servillian Technology, is excited to be launching Spectrum, the company’s latest online sports management tool.
Vernon's Tyson Veitch (facing) spars with Derrick Larson during a training session at CounterPunch Boxing Club.

Boxers swinging for golden glory

CounterPunch Boxing Club members prepare for Golden Gloves tournament, starting Saturday night at Vernon Rec Centre auditorium.

Vernon's Tyson Veitch (facing) spars with Derrick Larson during a training session at CounterPunch Boxing Club.

Discovering Peru

AT RANDOM: Graeme Corbett finds a world of adventure, great food and culture in Peru

Vernon’s Matt Siegler demonstrates the flexibility of the thin-film solar modules used in Sun Flare Systems’ SOS in a Box solar disaster kit.

Sun Flare sending SOS

Vernon's Sun Flare Systems develops solar disaster kit.

Vernon’s Matt Siegler demonstrates the flexibility of the thin-film solar modules used in Sun Flare Systems’ SOS in a Box solar disaster kit.
Vernon's Kirsten Dodds, a striker with the UBC Okanagan Heat, tracks down a ball in PacWest women's soccer action.

Vernon athletes cook up awards

Vernon's Preston Tucker, Emily Kanester, Maddie Kaneda and Kirsten Dodds earn sport awards with UBC Okanagan Heat.

Vernon's Kirsten Dodds, a striker with the UBC Okanagan Heat, tracks down a ball in PacWest women's soccer action.
John Keith (left) and Andy Raeber, of Killer Aerial Productions, offer a unique vantage point with their state-of-the-art drone helicopter, which can capture high-definition video and still photography from any angle.

Killer Aerial Productions ready to take flight

Killer Aerial Productions, a Vernon company, is taking video and still photography to new heights with its high-tech drone helicopter.

John Keith (left) and Andy Raeber, of Killer Aerial Productions, offer a unique vantage point with their state-of-the-art drone helicopter, which can capture high-definition video and still photography from any angle.
Vernon’s Kyle L’Arrivee, of the Okanagan College Coyotes, will race in the Red Bull Crashed Ice competition in Quebec City.

L’Arrivee ready for Red Bull Crashed Ice

Kyle L’Arrivee will be up against this week when he makes his debut in Red Bull Crashed Ice in Quebec City.

Vernon’s Kyle L’Arrivee, of the Okanagan College Coyotes, will race in the Red Bull Crashed Ice competition in Quebec City.
Vernon’s Jim Cotter coaches Johnathan Schwartz during a junior curling practice session Monday at the Vernon Curling Club. Cotter is representing B.C. at the Tim Hortons Brier this week in Saskatoon.

Cotter slides into mentor role

Vernon's Jim Cotter prepares for third appearance at Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon

Vernon’s Jim Cotter coaches Johnathan Schwartz during a junior curling practice session Monday at the Vernon Curling Club. Cotter is representing B.C. at the Tim Hortons Brier this week in Saskatoon.
Manager Riley Twyford (left) and associate broker Paulette Webb, of Royal LePage Vernon Downtown Realty, pour over 35 years of news clippings detailing the company's history.

Vernon Downtown Realty hits milestone

Vernon Downtown Realty celebrates 35 years in the North Okanagan real estate industry.

Manager Riley Twyford (left) and associate broker Paulette Webb, of Royal LePage Vernon Downtown Realty, pour over 35 years of news clippings detailing the company's history.

AT RANDOM: Deadline dilemmas

Sports reporter Graeme Corbett on office hockey pool standings

Mike Clements (from left), Brian Penner and Geoff Collins of Westwinn Group, builders of Harbercraft aluminum boats, show off the precise cutting capabilities of their newly unveiled MultiCam CNC router cutting system Thursday afternoon at the Vernon plant.

Harbercraft hones production edge

Vernon-based WestWinn Group unveils new MultiCam CNC router cutting system at it Centre of Excellence production facility.

Mike Clements (from left), Brian Penner and Geoff Collins of Westwinn Group, builders of Harbercraft aluminum boats, show off the precise cutting capabilities of their newly unveiled MultiCam CNC router cutting system Thursday afternoon at the Vernon plant.