Category Archives: Vernon

The jury is still out on the future of the Vernon courthouse.The province says it has spent $500,000 so far on repairs to 105-year-old building after water and mould damage to several rooms caused by ...

With the federal election two months away, the local candidates are getting ready for the campaign. The North Okanagan Shuswap NDP will open its Vernon campaign office at 3130 32nd Street at an event ...

Bylaw officers swooped in on a homeless camp this afternoon on Okanagan Landing Road and Captain Bailey Way. Clothes, cooking supplies, and other debris were seen getting packed away by the bylaw serv...

Overdose deaths are impacting all populations.It is time to remember. It is time to act.Those are the words being used to announce an International Overdose Awareness Day at Vernon's Upper Room Missio...

It's Cram the Cruiser time again in Armstrong.Police officers from around the North Okanagan will take part in the fourth annual event to help the local food bank this Friday at Memorial Park.Resident...

A Vernon city councillor thinks some cannabis retail stores are too close together and would like to see more distance between them in the future. Coun. Kari Gares put forward a notice of motion at Mo...

If you become the victim of a crime call police, not social media. That was one of the many messages delivered by Vernon's top cop as she revealed the second quarter crime statistics to Vernon city co...

The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre is hosting the kickoff of an Okanagan Cultural Connections Tour on Wednesday.The event will see more than two dozen promoters, booking agents and others ...

UpdateThe B.C Prosecution Service said Austin Phillips, 24, has been charged with two counts of assault following an incident August 19 involving a transit bus driver in Vernon. "Mr. Phillips has been...

Vernon's fire chief says a fire call this week shows the benefits of a pilot project to improve the response times to fires in the city's Okanagan Landing area.Dave Lind said crews were responding to ...