Category Archives: Vernon

British Columbia is getting closer to unveiling plans to reopen the economy. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said the government will outline more details next week. "What we are putting ...

It's a shirt we may be seeing more of - especially for people who work in public places.James Bennett, maintenance manager at the Silver Springs Seniors Home in Vernon, has started wearing and selling...

The low gasoline prices we've gotten used to the last while, are apparently coming to an end.A number of Vernon gas stations have bumped their price by 20 cents a litre -- from 85.9 cents to $1.05.9, ...

New equipment for diagnosing and treating patients is now in use in the nuclear medicine department at Vernon Jubilee Hospital.A gamma camera, a GE NM 830 system, has replaced a 20-year old camera and...

Starting this August, there will be operational changes to the Silver Star waste transfer station.The site will be staffed and have hours of operation beginning on August 1.The changes were approved b...

Work on the Kidston Road realignment project in Coldstream will get underway in early May. The District of Coldstream has retained the construction services of Pyramid Excavating to complete the proje...

Police and some residents teamed up in the arrest of three suspects trying to flee the law in Vernon.On Tuesday (April 28) around 11:20 a.m., an officer with North Okanagan Traffic Services (NOTS) was...

It may have been historic, but the local Member of Parliament says it was not effective.Mel Arnold took part in Tuesday`s first ever virtual meeting of Parliament with 297 MP`s conferencing on Zoom.Me...

The City of Vernon and its council continue to make changes to provide financial relief, and to better adhere to provincial health orders, related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mayor Victor Cumming said t...

B.C.'s Education Minster says planning continues for resuming in-class instruction, but there are no timelines for when it may happen."Right now we are working with other ministries and education part...