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Vernon to spend $225K on vandalized parking meters
The City of Vernon has approved $225,000 to revamp hundreds of vandalized parking meters. Vernon…
MLAs, school board and Interior Health all holding virtual town hall meetings
Okanagan residents will soon have an opportunity to ask questions from their elected officials in…
BREAKING: Visits to B.C. emergency rooms down 50% in last three weeks
Visits to B.C. hospital emergency departments have dropped by 50 per cent over the last…
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…
BREAKING: 11 new cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health region
There are 11 new cases of COVID-19 within the Interior Health region taking the total…
Vernon to suspend future council meetings, except the meeting today
The City of Vernon has voted to suspend all future council meetings, although it is…
UPDATE: B.C. premier announces $1,000 payment for those unable to work due to COVID-19
The provincial government will give each person unable to work because of COVID-19 a one-time…
UPDATE: B.C. government says 45 new COVID-19 cases; 2 in Interior Health region
There are 45 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. taking the total number to 231. The…
What SilverStar’s approval as a resort association means, and why some are opposed
The provincial government's approval to enable SilverStar to become a Resort Association only benefits commercial…
Okanagan MP self-isolating due to COVID-19 concern
An Okanagan Member of Parliament has decided to self-isolate himself in his Ottawa apartment due…
Vernon school bus cuts will have ‘huge impact’ on parents: PAC president
A plan for the Vernon School District to scrap school buses for over 600 pupils…
B.C. Green leadership candidate stopping in Okanagan and Kamloops
B.C. Green Party leadership candidate Sonia Furstenau will tour the Okanagan and Kamloops later this…
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…
Multi-million dollar restaurant nixed as golf club and City of Vernon continue dispute
It was set to offer some of the best views around, perched 1,000 feet above…
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…
New mountain highway proposed between Red Deer and Kamloops
An Alberta development group is pitching the idea of a new highway linking central Alberta…
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…
Add this Vernon city councillor to the list of local politicians to get death threats
Vernon city councillor Dalvir Nahal thought she'd received her first Christmas card of the season…
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 revives $18 million City Hall plan — without voters
The City of West Kelowna is reviving plans to build a new City Hall, this…
Have a comment? Okanagan MP gets suggestion box added to House of Commons
An Okanagan MP’s idea to streamline questions and improve efficiency in the House of Commons…
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…