News Items tag as: City of Vernon 2022

Property taxes going up almost 5% in Vernon
December 06, 2022 - 4:50 PM

A 2023 tax hike of 4.79% was supported by Vernon city council today, Dec. 6.
Are you getting what you want from Vernon’s Active Living Centre?
October 01, 2022 - 2:01 PM

Vernon's proposed Active Living Centre won't look like Kelowna's popular family water park, the H20 Adventure and Fitness Centre, because that's not what Vernon residents asked for.
Expect two-man race for mayor of Vernon to be hotly contested
September 09, 2022 - 4:38 PM

Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming is facing a tough challenge for re-election from two-term councillor Scott Anderson.
Vernon councillors baffled by Coldstream decision to drop out of proposed $121M aquatic centre
April 09, 2022 - 3:33 PM

The decision by the District of Coldstream and two regional district areas to drop out of the proposed Active Living Centre project is being met with disappointment by some Vernon councillors who also question why the politicians won't let their constituents decide for themselves.
How Vernon's goose cull got killed
March 30, 2022 - 7:30 AM

It's not easy to kill a goose in Vernon. In fact, the roughly 250 Canada geese that call Vernon home will have at least until the fall to waddle around without worrying about the threat of being shot.
Vernon councillor rejects province's suggestion to override municipal housing approvals
March 27, 2022 - 1:50 PM
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As provincial politicians eye greater powers to push through housing without the approval of local government, one Vernon city councillor is pushing back.
Vernon records drop in crime involving street-entrenched population in 2021
January 28, 2022 - 1:29 PM

Crime in Vernon involving the street-entrenched population was down by more than one fifth in 2021, while crime across the city saw a slight increase.
Thompson-Okanagan cities brace for potential Omicron impact
January 09, 2022 - 7:04 AM

Kamloops and the three biggest cities in the Okanagan are preparing for the event that they lose a significant portion of their workforce should the highly infectious COVID Omicron variant spread.
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