Tag Archives: City Hall
Progress on Kelowna council priorities reviewed
Kelowna City Council has been presented a quarterly report on priorities set out for the 2019 to 2022 term.It shows some positive progress in many areas but some ongoing challenges mostly due to COVID...
Mar 11, 2021
Westkal Road drainage work and paving approved
Coldstream council has voted to spend $1,375,000, including a 40 per cent contingency, to repave from Kickwillie Loop Road to the south end of Westkal Road and improve drainage.The breakdown is $750,0...
Mar 11, 2021
Coldstream responds to criticism on housing diversity
Coldstream council will respond directly to its own citizens with respect to actions the district is taking to diversify housing inventory in the community.The response comes after public criticism fr...
Mar 11, 2021
Coldstream council pressed on housing options
Coldstream council dealt with two letters at Monday night's council meeting calling on the district to diversify its housing options. One was from the City of Vernon, the other from a Coldstream citiz...
Mar 10, 2021
Developers frustrated with Vernon City Hall delays
Vernon's planning and development departments are being overwhelmed, and developers are getting upset about the length of time permits are taking."We have a backlog in planning and it's only going to ...
Mar 09, 2021
Vernon councillor denied support for overdose crisis motion
Update: An effort to gain support for lobby efforts on the overdose crisis in B.C. fell flat at Vernon Council on Monday (March 8). "I tried really hard to find something I could support in this motio...
Mar 09, 2021
Elks Lodge #45 being forced out by city hall?
An urgent plea for financial support by the local Elks service club so it can apply for a Heritage Canada grant, has some members of Vernon council concerned about how the city has been treating the o...
Mar 09, 2021
Road grit under the microscope as dust advisories continue
City of Vernon public works has been spending a lot of time examining the aggregate used on city streets in the winter months, with an eye on reducing air quality advisories linked to road dust."These...
Mar 09, 2021
Vernon reviews secondary suites in duplexes
Vernon councillor Brian Quiring is looking for clarification on allowing secondary suites in duplexes.The B.C. building code changed in 2019 to allow for secondary suites in semi-attatched buildings p...
Mar 09, 2021
Downtown businesses slugged it out in 2020
There was likely no harder hit business sector in Vernon through 2020 than the hundreds of small businesses in the downtown.The Downtown Vernon Association (DVA), which has relied heavily on events li...
Mar 09, 2021
