Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Lumby group receives forest protection funding
The B.C. government is investing over $5 million to help Community Forest Agreement holders complete wildfire risk reduction projects as part of the Province's economic recovery plan to create jobs an...
Apr 01, 2021
AstraZeneca vaccine doses ready for use as Canada approves U.S. manufacturing sites
OTTAWA - More than 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are on their way to provinces now that Health Canada has authorized the U.S. sites where they were made. It remains to be seen ho...
Apr 01, 2021
Big White closes to discourage Lower Mainland visitors
A surge in 604 area code inquiries to Big White Ski Resort reservations has prompted the resort to close six days earlier for the public good. Following the announcement Monday March 29 that the provi...
Mar 31, 2021
Site work underway for two new Vernon restaurants
Anyone travelling along Vernon's 27th Street would be hard pressed not to notice the activity on the property next to the Co-op Gas Bar. Heavy machinery and concrete workers are busy getting the under...
Mar 31, 2021
Conversion of former Canadian Tire store underway
Construction has started on the former Canadian Tire store on 27th Street in Vernon to convert the building into a two-storey storage facility.A report to city council indicated the development of the...
Mar 31, 2021
In wake of new health orders, Armstrong supports sidewalk patios
In light of the new three week ban on indoor dining announced by the province Monday, the City of Armstrong will permit restaurants and liquor establishments to use city sidewalks and parking spaces f...
Mar 30, 2021
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario urge Michigan to reconsider shutting down Line 5
WASHINGTON - Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are forming a united front in the fight to reverse Michigan's shutdown of a key cross-border pipeline. Energy ministers from all three provinces are urgi...
Mar 30, 2021
New brochure helps users navigate Okanagan Rail Trail
"Enjoy - Connect - Respect. Be a Friend to the Okanagan Rail Trail" is the title of the brochure produced by Friends of Okanagan Rail Trail (FORT) and now available from trail ambassadors and soon to ...
Mar 30, 2021
$1M 'Go Fund Me' for the Schubert Centre Society
The Schubert Centre was struggling before the ravages of COVID-19 beset the community and now the long time community organization is facing one million dollars in debt. The organization had just laun...
Mar 30, 2021
Public health orders an 'emotional rollercoaster'
The owner of Vernon's popular Soul Studio Fitness, Sareena Nickoli, was having a pretty good Monday, and then came news of the latest public health orders."I'm okay, I think it's just the emotional ro...
Mar 29, 2021
