Category Archives: Vernon

Residents are getting another reminder that it is still winter.There has been new snow in the Vernon area this morning with Environment Canada forecasting 2 to 4 centimetres today.Drivers taking the C...

About 50 students in grades 8 to 12 in the Vernon School District will attend a Student Voice Forum next week.The theme is "youth mental health," and students will learn about internal and external st...

Recruiting is underway to find RCMP volunteers to provide crime prevention services in the community.Twelve volunteers are needed in Vernon, and six in Lumby. The program has operated for 27 years as ...

Canada geese in Vernon may soon have a target on their backs.The issue of a growing geese numbers will be before city council Monday, with a staff report providing one option of a $41,000 'kill' progr...

Some Vernon residents did not have their garbage collected on their regular day Thursday, but the city says it will still be picked up.Waste Connections Canada, the collections company, told the city ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has updated the country on the rail blockades by pipeline protestors, saying very bluntly "the barricades must now come down."Trudeau told a news conference the current s...

The North Okanagan-Shuswap Member of Parliament has taken on a larger role on the committee he serves on in Ottawa.Mel Arnold of the Conservatives has been elected as one of two vice-chairs of the sta...

A presentation to raise awareness about teen dating violence and sexual assault will be held next week at Kalamalka Secondary in Coldstream.It is been hosted by the Kal Parent Advisory Council as part...

UPDATE 4 p.m. It caused a lot of traffic problems, but fortunately no injuries. Two pickup trucks, one with a camper on the back, collided at Highway 97 and 25th Avenue by the Fruit Union Plaza around...

A federal cabinet minister will be coming to Vernon to speak to business leaders next month.Mona Fortier, Minister of Middle-Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance, will speak at a breakfa...