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Vernon tree removal ‘another straw in the demise of the herons’

VERNON - A North Okanagan city is standing by its decision to allow a stand of trees to be chopped down despite concerns within the community it could impact an at-risk species of bird. With a tree removal permit in hand from the City of Vernon, a housing developer removed the tall Cottonwood and poplar...

Former New Delhi restaurant building in Vernon to be demolished

VERNON - There will soon be one more parking lot, and one less building downtown Vernon. The city owned building at the corner of 29 Street and 30 Avenue near the Vernon library which many knew as the New Delhi Indian Restaurant, is getting demolished. There was a fire in the building back in December,...

School bus loses brakes in busy beach parking lot

COLDSTREAM – No one was hurt when a school bus stalled, and then lost it’s brakes in the steep, and very busy, Kal Beach parking lot in Coldstream Wednesday afternoon. The 35-year-old woman from Saskatchewan was behind the wheel with her six children on board. A Vernon man following the bus up the slope in...

Car catches fire in busy parking lot

VERNON - A Vernon couple were in the hot seat this afternoon when the car they were depending on to get them home burst into flames. The middle-aged man and woman just finished having lunch and returned to their car parked in a lot across from Superstore on Anderson Way. The woman slid behind the...