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  • Vernon Students and Families Choose Active Transportation to School

    November 16, 2017 - 3:34 PM

    During the month of October the City of Vernon partnered with four elementary schools to celebrate International Walk and Wheel to School Month (iWalk/iWheel), an annual global event that promotes the benefits of active travel to school. Students who walked, biked, or scootered to school won prizes at celebration stations hosted at Ellison Elementary, Harwood Elementary, Okanagan Landing Elementary, and Ecole Beairsto Elementary.

  • Curbside mosquito control treatment

    June 27, 2017 - 2:41 PM

    The battle against mosquitoes moves to roadside catch basins next week in many Central Okanagan neighbourhoods.

  • Vernon celebrates international walk-to-school month in October

    September 30, 2016 - 2:38 PM

    VERNON - The City of Vernon will be celebrating International Walk to School Month (i-Walk) in October.

  • Vernon hosts forum on small-wheeled transportation

    September 23, 2016 - 1:59 PM

    VERNON - The City of Vernon hosted a discussion forum on Monday night at the Okanagan Regional Library for members of the community on the topic of skateboards, longboards, push scooters, in-line skates, children aged 12 and under on bicycles and other small-wheeled transportation (SWT) in Vernon.  

  • Second round of curbside mosquito control treatment

    July 21, 2016 - 7:00 PM

    KELOWNA - The curbside catch basin battle against mosquitoes resumes next week in many neighbourhoods across the Central Okanagan.

  • City provides reminders for bike lane use in Vernon

    April 23, 2016 - 12:00 PM

    VERNON - The City of Vernon is reminding Vernon cyclists and drivers of the rules of the road to protect the safety of cyclists, pedestrians and drivers.

  • Help us design the new West Kelowna skate park

    August 30, 2015 - 5:00 AM

    WEST KELOWNA - The City of West Kelowna is seeking input into the design of a new skate park via an online survey.

    The City of West Kelowna, in partnership with the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, is designing and constructing a new skate park at Memorial Park in 2016.

  • Curbside catch basin mosquito control treatment continues

    July 25, 2015 - 1:00 PM

    CENTRAL OKANAGAN - For the second time this summer, next week you may see people driving through Central Okanagan neighbourhoods and dropping pellets or packets into curbside catch basins.

  • Scooter Safety Course provides skills training and rules of the road

    May 21, 2015 - 10:29 AM

    VERNON - City of Vernon Protective Services, in partnership with the RCMP, Schuburt Centre and Southward Medical Supplies, will be hosting the annual Scooter Safety Course on Thursday, June 4, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Schubert Centre.

  • City provides reminders for bike lane use in Vernon

    March 24, 2015 - 8:55 AM

    VERNON - City of Vernon Manager of Protective Services Clint Kanester is reminding Vernon cyclists and drivers of the rules of the road to protect the safety of cyclists, pedestrians and drivers.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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