Tag Archives: City Hall
Rock stabilization work 'poorly timed'
Road construction delays are never very popular, but one Vernon city councillor is questioning why rock scaling work on Eastside Road was done during the summer months."Rock scaling work during our tw...
Sep 17, 2020
Park plan stalled until October
Planning for a new park on the site of the former Civic Arena site will remain on hold until October. The park was in this year's capital works plan, but council voted August 17 to take a two month pa...
Sep 16, 2020
New group home to replace Howard House
Vernon City Council has approved a rezoning application requested by B.C. Housing and the Turning Points Collaborative Society (TPCS) to add a group home to the light industrial zone, as a replacement...
Sep 15, 2020
Ranch relief from city hall
Vernon council has voted to wait until the end of December 2022 to receive a $70,000 dollar promissory note from the Historic O'Keefe Ranch and Interior Heritage Society. Council also voted to forgo a...
Corey Fischer Sep 15, 2020
Middle ground found during the Great Blue Heron hearing
Vernon city council has voted unanimously on a motion to protect the great blue heron rookery on 20th Street in Vernon, from the potential impact of a development planned for 5000 20th Street. The dev...
Corey Fischer Sep 14, 2020
Recreation Centre reopen date set
The Vernon Recreation Complex, the pool and other facilities will reopen on October 13. "The date has been affected by the delivery of pool filter materials from the United States which has proved cha...
Corey Fischer Sep 14, 2020
Heron hearing today at Vernon Rec Centre
A large turn-out is expected this afternoon (Monday) for a public hearing on removing some of the protections for the Great Blue Heron rookery, with the city moving the hearing to the Recreation Centr...
Corey Fischer Sep 14, 2020
Detours all over the city
The City of Vernon's 2020 capital works program, valued at $17 million dollars, is in full swing and that means lots of road closures through early November.In 2013 faced with aging and failing infras...
Corey Fischer Sep 11, 2020
Crunch time on Cultural Centre plan
The clock is ticking on a political decision at the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee (GVAC) on the size and operational scope of the Greater Vernon Cultural Centre. A special GVAC meeting has been ca...
Sep 08, 2020
Have fun, but be safe
It's the last long weekend of summer, and with the forecast calling for temperatures in the 30s, it's expected to be busy as locals and tourists get one last crack at the beach, boating, camping and o...
Corey Fischer Sep 04, 2020

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