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Cutting red tape: Vernon council OKs patios in parking spaces, expanded liquor licences
Downtown Vernon will soon have less parking and more patios following an unanimous vote by…
Vernon city council considering patios in downtown parking spaces
The City of Vernon is toying with the idea to open up sidewalks and on…
Coldstream reopens Kal Beach
The District of Coldstream has reopened Kalamalka Beach, along with other beaches, boat launches and…
Vernon mayor went rogue on council letter, councillor says
"It's going to be a touchy subject," Vernon councillor Kari Gares said before raising an…
Vernon council extends free downtown parking
If you plan to park in downtown Vernon for the next month and a half,…
Vernon will soon have its first, permanent overdose prevention site
Interior Health has announced Vernon will soon be getting an overdose prevention site and it…
More than half of all Vernon bylaw calls linked to homelessness
More than half of all calls received by Vernon bylaw officers in 2019 involved the…
Vernon councillor calls on province for timeline on reopening economy
Vernon councillor Scott Anderson has asked the City to write a letter to the province…
Vernon to spend $225K on vandalized parking meters
The City of Vernon has approved $225,000 to revamp hundreds of vandalized parking meters. Vernon…
Average Vernon homeowner will get $33 off tax bill as pandemic response
The average Vernon homeowner will get a $33 reduction in this year's property tax bill.…
Vernon firefighters extinguish fire caused by sky lantern
Vernon firefighters had to extinguish a grass fire in a ravine at the Foothills subdivision…
COVID-19 sees Vernon scrap utility bill interest, downtown parking meter enforcement
The City of Vernon is waiving interest charges on utility bills and has scrapped parking…
Vernon councillor calls for fines, tougher action for breaking social distancing rules
A Vernon city councillor is calling for the City to take a more hardline approach and…
Violence, threats to City staff prompt this North Okanagan town into action
The City of Armstrong is moving forward with a plan to develop a program to…
Another air quality advisory issued for Vernon
The City of Vernon has once again been put under an air quality advisory. The…
Vernon spent $240K on legal battle over firing fire fighter
The City of Vernon spent almost a quarter of a million dollars in its legal…
Vernon city council votes against geese cull
Vernon council has voted not to go ahead with a proposed goose cull. City councillor’s…
As Vernon debates geese cull, this Vancouver Island community decided to harvest the birds
While politicians in Vernon prepare to debate whether or not to cull geese at a…
Goose cull proposed to keep Vernon beaches, parks poop free
The City of Vernon may decide to cull around 150 geese this summer in an…
Revelstoke city council does U-turn on massive pay hikes
Mayor and councillors in Revelstoke won’t be seeing the huge pay hikes they awarded themselves…
West Kelowna council unanimously approves plan to borrow millions and build new city hall
West Kelowna council voted unanimously in favour today of a plan to borrow the $11…
Vernon to scrap little known commercial vehicle licence called ‘money grab’ by one councillor
A little over three years after the issue was first brought to the table, the…
Vernon to revive popular compost program
The City of Vernon is bringing back a popular compost program that was cut early…
Vernon to discharge treated waste water into Okanagan Lake
For the first time in over 20 years the City of Vernon is set to…