Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsThe 23rd annual event will take place between Oct. 6-9Bowen AssmanIf the weather isn’t making it feel like fall, the upcoming Harvest Pumpkin Festival in Armstrong sure will.The four-day festival, a celebration to the autumn season, will be chock-full of unique events, bound to entertain attendees of all ages.Day 1, on Friday, Oct. 6, is headlined by Art Shows at the Armstrong Spallumcheen Art Gallery. A pretty pumpkin workshop will take place at Sparrow Grass Field, while live music begins at Farmstrong Cider Co. at 3:30 p.m.A pancake breakfast, beginning at...…Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsThe 23rd annual event will take place between Oct. 6-9Bowen AssmanIf the weather isn’t making it feel like fall, the upcoming Harvest Pumpkin Festival in Armstrong sure will.The four-day festival, a celebration to the autumn season, will be chock-full of unique events, bound to entertain attendees of all ages.Day 1, on Friday, Oct. 6, is headlined by Art Shows at the Armstrong Spallumcheen Art Gallery. A pretty pumpkin workshop will take place at Sparrow Grass Field, while live music begins at Farmstrong Cider Co. at 3:30 p.m.A pancake breakfast, beginning at...WW…

Skip to contentHomeSports‘It’s like steeplechase but with bikes’Bowen AssmanPreviousNext/ExpandPreviousNextRacers took to Vernon’s DND Fields for a full day of heart-pumping cyclocross (CX) action on Sunday, Oct. 1.The race, dubbed, The Burn in Vernon, was a part of the B.C. Interior Cyclocross calendar, running for its 12th year.“It’s a beginner friendly sport and race discipline. Once the gun goes off, everyone is going at the same time,” said Steve Gaucher, an organizer of the event. “We tell all our racers to bring all their friends. You get some spills and people take some tumbles so...…Skip to contentHomeSports‘It’s like steeplechase but with bikes’Bowen AssmanPreviousNext/ExpandPreviousNextRacers took to Vernon’s DND Fields for a full day of heart-pumping cyclocross (CX) action on Sunday, Oct. 1.The race, dubbed, The Burn in Vernon, was a part of the B.C. Interior Cyclocross calendar, running for its 12th year.“It’s a beginner friendly sport and race discipline. Once the gun goes off, everyone is going at the same time,” said Steve Gaucher, an organizer of the event. “We tell all our racers to bring all their friends. You get some spills and people take some tumbles so...WW…