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Vernon City Council 2017
Vernon council to ban camping in Linear Park, explore task force
VERNON – Vernon council is banning camping in Linear Park effective February 2018 and exploring…
High visibility of Vernon’s Linear Park homeless camp is a good thing: RCMP
VERNON – Vernon city council is considering ways to alleviate safety concerns around the Linear…
Vernon city councillor elected new interim leader of B.C. Conservative Party
VERNON – Vernon city councillor Scott Anderson says he will maintain his duties in local…
Vernon OKs on-leash dogs in Polson Park for next two years
VERNON – Vernon council has decided to let on-leash dogs into Polson Park as part…
Could dogs make this Vernon park a safer place?
VERNON – A North Okanagan city has quietly been working on strategies to turn a…
How the City of Vernon plans to regulate camping in parks
VERNON – The City of Vernon is proposing penalties of up to $200 for those…
City of Vernon takes local man to court over harassment, insults
VERNON – Art Gourley just won't shut up. The 74-year-old Vernon man is well known…
Vernon not signing off on new welcome signs until deficiencies are fixed
VERNON – It’s been a bumpy road for Vernon’s new welcome signs, but the end…
Petition to ‘make Polson Park safe again’ not getting support from elected officials
VERNON – A petition calling on the government to “make Polson Park safe again” is…
Top job at Penticton city hall a bargain compared to Vernon’s
PENTICTON – A comparison of wages and expenses between the councils and top wage earners…
City of Vernon staff payroll creeps up
VERNON – More is being spent on staff salaries at Vernon City Hall. Last year,…
Proposed seniors development in Vernon described as ‘pilot project for affordability’
VERNON – Plans for a new seniors housing development in Vernon include a unique focus…
Those with nowhere else to go can legally camp in Vernon’s public parks
VERNON – Vernon council has decided to allow camping in public parks, with no time…
Vernon bylaw will step up monitoring at homeless camps
VERNON – With the number of homeless camps expected to rise again this summer, efforts…
New hotel project coming to Vernon
VERNON – A new Sheraton hotel project is working it’s way through Vernon city hall.…
Vernon to investigate options for putting council meetings online
VERNON – Taping Vernon council meetings and posting them online is not as simple as…
Should the City of Vernon follow other communities streaming videos of council meetings?
VERNON – It’s no Game of Thrones, but there are some in Vernon who would…
Residents invited to have a say on Vernon lake accesses today
VERNON – Vernon residents can get involved in the city’s plan for developing public accesses…
Local politicians hear details of overdose crisis in Vernon
VERNON – More people died of an illicit drug overdose in Vernon in 2016 than…