Category Archives: Vernon

Members of Vernon city council are expected to vote on an option for overnight security at their council meeting today. In a notice of motion made in June, Coun. Scott Anderson suggested looking into ...

Members of the Vernon chapter of the international climate action group Earth Strike will be staging a protest at Tolko's head office on Monday.The protest is against Tolko Industries' plans to log an...

Six candidates are vying to be the next Queen Silver Star.The 2019-2020 candidates were introduced along with their sponsors Thursday evening at the Schubert Centre.Future events include the speech pr...

The president of the union representing the hundreds of Tolko employees dealing with a string of curtailments says the uncertainty and weeks without work has become a stressful situation for members."...

Update: In a blow to hundreds of workers in the Okanagan, Tolko Industries has confirmed that employees at a number of its mills will be off the job for another two weeks.The downtime, starting Saturd...

After six weeks of training, 900 army, sea, and air cadets from across Western Canada will finish off their hard work with a graduation parade in Vernon.The sunset parade takes place tonight at 6 p.m....

The City of Armstrong is trying to catch up to other communities that already have bylaws and policies in place when it comes to cannabis stores.But Mayor Chris Pieper says there are some good reasons...

Criminal activity in Enderby rocketed up in the second quarter of 2019, with calls to the RCMP almost doubling in June.Statistics show RCMP worked on 191 files that month, compared to 103 the same mon...

The Children's Wish Foundation along with National Bank are hoping to make a Vernon boy's wish come true. Spencer Sawatzky is 14 years old and was diagnosed with llecolonic Crohn's Disease in 2016 and...

The city of Enderby is diving deep into a new survey by asking residents for their feedback on a new pool.The survey came out Tuesday and Mayor Greg McCune said the response has been tremendous. "In t...