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The possibility of hiring another person to help with geese control in city parks and beaches is no more. Vernon City Council voted to squash the idea at their council meeting on Monday. The motion wa...

People who use BX Falls Trail will have to put-up with periodic closures for trail upgrades. The Regional District of North Okanagan says their contractor will be working on several upgrades throughou...

More public access will be coming to civic meetings. Council voted to start video taping public hearings and committee of the whole meetings at a tune of $6300 a year. The idea was brought forward by ...

Vernon City Council wants adjacent property owners and themselves included in the consultation process for the overdose prevention site. Council voted to approve city staff's recommendation to write a...

RCMP officers on the ground -- and in the air -- pursued a suspected stolen vehicle in the Vernon area Monday morning. Mounties say the vehicle was travelling southbound at a high rate of speed around...

The District of Coldstream has finalized a deal to buy property at 9913 Kalamalka Road. The land is adjacent to the Women's Institute Hall (next to the District office), and the municipality says it w...

Work to repair the Rotary Pier at Kalamalka Lake in Coldstream is expected to begin in the next couple weeks. The Regional District of North Okanagan has received the final permit from the province (M...

An open mic for the public to address council will not be coming to the city anytime soon. Council voted unanimously to support city staff's recommendation to not support the open mic concept at their...

City council has given the green light to two more cannabis retail store applications- including one for a government run pot store on 58th avenue. At Monday's meeting, the first application that went...

City Council is considering putting a limit on the number of pot shop applications that come before council. The move came after council gave the green light to two more applications on Monday in addi...