Category Archives: Vernon

Motorists may see some traffic signals in four-way flash mode starting next week.Technicians will be testing all city-owned traffic signalized intersections starting Monday Oct. 5, and lasting for thr...

B.C. is reporting 105 new COVID cases, with most of those in the Lower Mainland and six in northern B.C. There are no new cases in the Interior and Island regions. One more person has died of COVID in...

Vernon council has voted to sell one half of the Vernon Block to the Regional District of North Okanagan for $2,475,000 with $777,150 to be funded by Coldstream and Areas B and C. The land is roughly ...

The start of outdoor skating this winter at the Centennial rink could be delayed if the chiller that keeps the ice frozen needs to be replaced.Vernon council approved up to $30,000 to do an X-ray inve...

Keli Westgate will represent the B.C. Green Party in the Vernon Monashee riding for a second straight provincial election.Westgate, an employee of Spa Hills Compost, finished third in 2017 with 21 per...

Harwinder Sandhu, a nurse at Vernon Jubilee Hospital, is the B.C. NDP candidate for Vernon-Monashee. Sandhu said running in the provincial election is a natural extension of the work she is currently ...

UPDATE 12:30 p.m. A fire at the Pinnacle Renewal Energy plant in Lavington is now out. Lavington fire chief Marty Wright said it broke out in the "second dryer" around 10:30 this morning (Sept. 29). "...

Vernon residents are being encouraged to sign-up for MyCity.It's an online, self-serve portal that allows residents to access their city account information at anytime.The city has released a new vide...

Two local groups have started work on re-creating natural landscaping at the northern gateway of the Okanagan Rail Trail.The Friends of the Rail Trail and Ribbons of Green Trails Society said the proc...

Vernon city council has voted 4-3 to up funding of Historic O'Keefe Ranch by $75,000 to $125,000. It was scheduled to drop to $50,000 for 2021. "The ranch is doing a lot of things right, and once it's...