Category Archives: Vernon

Construction on a daycare centre is proceeding in Lavington Centennial Park despite a 184-name petition presented to Coldstream council this week.In fact, Mayor Jim Garlick is hoping the daycare will ...

School districts across B.C. have been ordered to contact every family with school aged children in order to share their COVID-19 safety plans before classes resume Sept. 10.Education Minister Rob Fle...

UPDATE:The man who set fire to a vehicle after smashing into the front of a 7-Eleven store in Salmon Arm two years ago has been sentenced to three years' probation and credited with time served.Kennet...

Motorists traveling down 28 Avenue and 42 Street may experience delays while crews work on renewing a sanitary utility.Starting next week, there will be single lane alternating traffic along the follo...

The Vernon School District has issued its return-to-school plan as kids get ready to learn during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District's plan is also in place. S...

B.C. officials have announced dozens of new COVID-19 cases in the province. "Today, we are announcing 58 new cases, including one epi-linked case since we reported on Monday, for a total of 5,242 case...

The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce is appealing to people's sense of patriotism in order to boost support for local businesses.The Chamber has joined Canada United, a national movement to support ...

The BC Coroners Service reports another 175 people died of overdoses in July from the use of illegal street drugs. Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says many of the drugs contain extreme amounts of the opi...

They raised $1 million in a few months, now members of the Vernon Pickleball Association (VPA) are using those funds to buy a roof."The VPA building committee has placed the order for the required pie...

Vernon's Polson Park will be closed to vehicle traffic Tuesday to allow for mitigation and maintenance work on saturated ground near the playground and spray park.The wet ground has made it impossible...