Category Archives: Vernon

The bells will soon be ringing outside local stores.The Salvation Army will launch its Christmas Kettle campaign Friday, Nov. 22 at Save-On-Foods in the Village Green Centre.Lieutenant Stefan Reid say...

This year's Light A Bulb campaign has set a goal of raising $275,000 for urgently needed equipment at Vernon Jubilee Hospital."On a daily basis our healthcare teams use equipment and tools that have a...

Update 2:30 p.m.RCMP say the missing man has been located, with no other details provided.----Police are seeking public assistance to locate a Vernon resident who has been missing for over a week.Bren...

An 11-day downtown policing pilot that brought four more officers to the downtown core appears to be having some success.The pilot initiative took off from October 15 to 25, 2019 and focused on open d...

A Vernon city councillor thinks its time to put an end to camping at Polson Park. Scott Anderson put forward a notice of motion at Tuesday's council meeting that would prohibit street encampments at P...

The B.C. SPCA's second annual province-wide adoption event has helped 212 animals find their forever homes. The event -- called Fall Head Over Tails in Love on Nov. 9 -- saw most of the pets in SPCA c...

The leader of Funtastic says the non profit sports society is going into the new year looking to build on it successes from this year.At the group's annual general meeting, Ryan McGiverin was returned...

Vernon's Upper Room Mission is looking for community support as it launches its annual "Blessings In a Backpack" campaign.From now until December 13, the Mission will be collecting backpacks for both ...

Vernon is the site for the third urgent and primary care centre in the B.C. Interior.Health Minister Adrian Dix said the Vernon Urgent and Primary Care Centre, which is already open and being operated...

The Vernon and District Community Land Trust has hired a new executive director who is well known in the community.Cindy Masters, who spent the past decade as development officer with the Kindale Deve...