Category Archives: Vernon

Vernon city council will support spending $25,000 for a review of its waste management systems. "It's time we took a more holistic approach and look at automated systems like Kelowna is using, where t...

UPDATE A seniors facility in downtown Vernon has been given the green light to add another four-storey apartment to its site. McCulloch Court at 3400 Coldstream Avenue is proposing 48 one-bedroom unit...

The NDP has nominated a candidate for the Vernon Monashee riding in next month's provincial election. Harwinder Sandhu will be up against three-term Liberal incumbent Eric Foster with the Green Party ...

B.C. reporting 267 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. That includes 68 cases from Friday to Saturday, 125 from Saturday to Sunday and 74 cases from Sunday to Monday. B.C.'s overall total is now 8...

A Kamloops man has been charged with sexual assault after an investigation by Vernon North Okanagan RCMP. Police believe there may be other potential victims who have not reported similar incidents to...

Gateway Casinos is being loaned $200 million from the federal government in COVID-19 relief funding. The Burnaby-based company said it will use $60 million it has taken so far, to rehire employees so ...

A city councillor will make his case Monday (Sept. 28) for increasing Vernon's grant to the O'Keefe Ranch next year from the scheduled $50,000, to $125,000.Scott Anderson said in a notice of motion, t...

The B.C. Liberals have promised to immediately eliminate the Provincial Sales Tax if they get elected on Oct. 24th Leader Andrew Wilkinson told a news conference Monday the current 7 per cent tax will...

Bake sales and garage sales haven't been that common this summer and fall due to COVID-19, but three local Rotary clubs are planning to pull off what they are calling Rotary Club "Absolutely Enormous"...

The Vernon Public Art Gallery opens to a brave new world of art-making with its upcoming exhibitions, featuring works by David and Jorden Doody as well as UBC Okanagan printmaking students.The Doodys'...