Category Archives: Vernon

The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce is calling on the provincial government to provide businesses and residents with property tax flexibility due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The business group has wri...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released more details of his government's response to Covid-19, which he called "the largest economic program in Canada's history." Trudeau said at his national address W...

Premier John Horgan announced last night that he was extending the province's State of Emergency through April 14 due to the COVID pandemic. In a speech to the province he summarized what the governme...

Some Okanagan residents felt things shaking around 5 p.m. today (March 31), while others noticed nothing. Several calls came into the Vernon Matters newsroom from tremors being felt in the Vernon and ...

UPDATE Interior Health said there are 75 total workers involved in the COVID-19 outbreak at Bylands Nurseries in West Kelowna- 63 migrant workers and 12 local workers. All are self-isolating. At this ...

British Columbia has 43 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths in the past day. It brings the total number of cases to 1,013, and the number of fatalities to 24. In the Interior Health region there w...

To support parents who are essential service workers during the response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the province is launching a new process.This process will match parents, who are working on th...

UPDATEVernon council is providing some COVID-related relief to residents and businesses.During a special meeting Tuesday, the six council members on hand unanimously agreed to suspend bylaw enforcemen...

The federal government has announced new funding to provide more medical supplies for health care workers on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at his nationa...

Students in the North Okanagan Shuswap School District will be getting a call from their teachers this week.It's part of a three-phase plan outlined by District 83 for delivering home learning opportu...