Category Archives: Vernon

A donation from a well-known local charity event is making dreams come true for a non-profit organization.The Kalamalka Rotary Club's Dream Auction has provided $25,000 to renovate the commercial-grad...

Tolko Industries has announced that all of its B.C. operations will be taking two weeks downtime from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6.The Vernon-based company says the decision is due to ongoing factors like log co...

A Commonage Road family who tragically lost their beloved dog Dakota to a hit and run incident this past summer has launched a petition against the recently approved 70 km/h speed increase along a por...

The top five intersections for vehicle crashes in the City of Vernon have been revealed and some may surprise you.Data was compiled into a report using five years of ICBC collision claims data from 20...

B.C. Liquor Stores will be moving to paper bags -- instead of plastic -- at all 197 of its outlets, with the conversion to be completed by next March.A Richmond-based company has been chosen to provid...

Update 4 p.m.The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says it has not had any calls about a problem bear in Kal Lake Provincial Park, but urges anyone who has had an encounter to report it."Nobody called...

The B.C. government is taking a leading role in Canada to keep vaping products out of the hands of young people.The province has announced plans to restrict vapour product access, flavours, nicotine c...

Coldstream council is not taking a stance on plans by a Lavington business to serve alcohol to customers on an outdoor patio.The owner of Tony's Craft Cidery, Tony Nijjar, is seeking a lounge endorsem...

A long-standing battle by a former City of Vernon manager to increase the speed limit to 70 km an hour along a portion of Commonage Road has ended in victory. Lorne Holowachuck, a former city manager ...

With the first sign of snow this week, the City of Vernon is reminding residents about adjusting to winter conditions.That includes the clearing of sidewalks, which if adjacent to residential and comm...