Tag Archives: City Hall
Province asked to support Greater Vernon's cultural centre
Local politicians have made their pitch to get provincial support for an 8.5-million dollar grant for Greater Vernon's proposed cultural centre. Vernon city councillor and Greater Vernon Advisory Comm...
Feb 22, 2021
Coldstream admonished on lack of affordable housing
A Vernon councilor is publicly admonishing Coldstream council for a lack of focus on multi-family affordable housing in the municipality. Former mayor and Greater Vernon Advisory Committee chair Akbal...
Feb 22, 2021
Provincial COVID-19 safe restart grant funding allocated
Local governments in B.C. received $425 million from the provincial COVID-19 Safe Restart Grant Program, and the Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) has detailed where the $741,000 the district...
Feb 21, 2021
Regional collaboration on climate action
The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) and the City of Vernon are going to work together to identify possible areas for the political entities to combine forces on climate action.In the fall o...
Feb 20, 2021
Regional waste management to cost $8.4 million in 2021
Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) directors had a look at the second biggest expense for the district at their Wednesday (Feb. 17, 2021) meeting. Only the Parks and Recreation function is lar...
Feb 19, 2021
Councillor calling for end to ban at farmers markets
A Vernon city councillor is calling for B.C.'s Health Ministry to reconsider its ban on non-food vendors at farmers markets.Scott Anderson said in a news release, the change made on Jan. 8 to only all...
Feb 17, 2021
Petition launched against land rezoning for housing
An Armstrong man has launched a petition calling on the city to revisit a decision to build 80 affordable housing units near Norval Arena. "It has come to my attention that the City of Armstrong canno...
Feb 16, 2021
Coldstream council beefs up virtual capabilities
If there is one beneficial impact of the public health restrictions related to COVID-19, a lot more people have learned to use technology to communicate, both personally and professionally.Zoom and ot...
Feb 16, 2021
Vernon gets a share of flood mitigation funds
Vernon is sharing $8.5 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding along with three other interior communities. Vernon was approved to receive $747,000 to construct a sedimentation pond to re...
Feb 12, 2021
Coldstream heavy industrial subdivision approved
A developer has received approval for a heavy industrial subdivision at 10047 Ricardo Road in Coldstream. The property is located behind the Vegpro International salad packing plant, between the C.N. ...
Feb 11, 2021
