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The municipal document that outlines climate-related projects and goals is getting a review. At the request of the Climate Action Advisory Committee (CAAC), the City of Vernon has agreed to undertake a review of the Climate Action Plan.The plan was adopted and implemented in 2021, and the CAAC said the five year mark s...

The BC Lions and City of Kelowna have announced Okanagan College as the presenting sponsor of Touchdown Kelowna at the Apple Bowl on Saturday, June 27 and Saturday, July 4.As part of the partnership, the Lions will call the campus home between their week four and week five games against the Calgary Stampeders and Edmon...

The City of Vernon is exploring an opportunity to allow hundreds of new housing units to go up.A city staff report stated the Hesperia Lands were the subject of an engineering review that found a 24.91 acre parcel of land could be subdivided for housing.The area, deemed Hesperia North, could be rezoned as Multi-Unit Sm...

The number of unhoused people in Vernon has declined.A report from the Social Planning Council for the North Okanagan said there were 199 unhoused people counted in Greater Vernon last year, down from 279 in 2023.The agency said 114 of those people were able to access shelter or temporary housing space, but the other 8...

Drivers travelling along Highway 3 are being warned to prepare for challenging conditions as a snow warning remains in effect for multiple mountain passes.Environment Canada has issued the warning for the stretch of Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton via Allison Pass, as well as from Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass. Fore...

Kelowna RCMP are investigating a fatal single-vehicle collision that occurred late Sunday night at the intersection of Highway 97 and Burtch Road.Police say the crash happened at approximately 10:30 p.m. and involved a 43-year-old Kelowna man, who died at the scene."An RCMP reconstructionist was called to assist i...

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP have located a woman who was last seen on February 15.Police said the woman was "safe and well" and thanked the public for their help locating her.

The local Member of Parliament is criticizing the representatives who have crossed the floor.Scott Anderson, MP for Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee, issued a statement on social media where he acknowledged that floor crossing was permitted in the parliamentary system, though also voiced opposition to the three Conservativ...

A project aimed at reducing the risk and severity of wildfires at the park south of Vernon will be resuming.A city staff report said Vernon had secured $125,000 from the Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. to complete the final stages of the fuel management treatment project near Ellison Park.The project aims to clear f...