Category Archives: Vernon
Art Gallery fundraiser goes online for 2020
One of the big fundraisers for the Vernon Public Art Gallery will still go ahead this summer, but in a different form due to Covid-19 regulations.The Midsummer's Eve of the Arts (MEA), which was held ...
May 20, 2020
Schools look for feedback on returning students
The North Okanagan Shuswap School District (District 83) is reaching out to student families to get an idea how many plan to send their kids back to schools as of June 1. Parents will have the option ...
May 20, 2020
Fire starts on back deck and spreads to roof of home
Quick work by a tenant and fire crews kept a residential fire in Vernon from causing more damage. Vernon Fire Rescue received multiple calls on reports that flames could be seen coming from the roof o...
May 19, 2020
Society building new trail in provincial park
A new bike trail is in the works for Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park thanks to a $23,900 grant from the Kal Rotary Club, to the North Okanagan Cycling Society.The new trail, named 'Middle of Somewhere'...
May 19, 2020
Covid cases dwindle in B.C.
Just two new cases of coronavirus have been reported in British Columbia since Monday. It brings the total to 2,446 cases since the pandemic started 17 weeks ago. There are 325 active cases around B.C...
May 19, 2020
New sentencing date set for Sagmoen
A North Okanagan man found guilty of assaulting a sex trade worker, will be sentenced next month. In B.C. Supreme Court in Kelowna today, Curtis Sagmoen's sentencing was set for June 19, 2020 at 10 a....
May 19, 2020
Bike To Work and School Week gets parked for 2020
This is the time of year when Bike to Work and School Week is normally held, but not this year.The Go By Bike BC Society has postponed the 2020 provincial event set for May 25 to 31, due to the Covid ...
May 19, 2020
What's it like to get a hair cut under the new rules?
Today is the first day businesses like hair salons have been able to reopen in British Columbia, and it's a welcome sight for many people who are sick of having bad hair days.One of the Vernon salons ...
May 19, 2020
Another pot shop approved by Vernon council
Vernon currently has about ten recreational cannabis stores -- and now another one has got the green light from the city. Council has approved a pot shop in the Andre's Plaza at 200A-3107 48th Avenue ...
May 19, 2020
Lakefront dog park in plans for Kin Beach
Dog owners are expected to have a site to take their dogs for a run -- and a dip -- by next year.Mayor Victor Cumming says the city is planning to add a dog park on the west side of Kin Beach on Okana...
May 19, 2020
