News Items tag as: Vernon city council 2021

Okanagan city looking at bylaw change to crack down on RVs parking on city streets
November 21, 2021 - 8:33 AM

Vernon city council is going to decide whether or not to amend a parking bylaw that would prohibit recreational vehicles from deploying slide-outs and jacks on city streets.
Vernon city council rejects much-needed rental apartment building
November 08, 2021 - 4:52 PM

Vernon city council has kiboshed a plan to let a developer build a 29-unit rental building in the city.
Vernon slated for two new fast food drive-thru restaurants, including Popeyes
October 28, 2021 - 6:00 PM
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Vernon will soon have two new drive-thru fast-food restaurants.
Community mourns death of Vernon city councillor
September 06, 2021 - 9:31 AM

The Vernon community is in mourning following the death of a city councillor yesterday.
Controversial Vernon goose cull will not be happening this year
June 15, 2021 - 4:30 PM

A controversial Vernon goose cull program isn’t going ahead this year as the city waits on federal officials to give it the green light.
Vernon council sides with province over Penticton homeless shelter controversy
May 25, 2021 - 4:57 PM

The majority of Vernon city council agreed the Province of B.C. had the right to step in and overturn Penticton’s city council’s efforts to close a homeless shelter.
Vernon could have unique synthetic outdoor skating rink next year
May 10, 2021 - 3:17 PM

Vernon city council is asking its staff to dig deeper into the idea of having some kind of outdoor synthetic skating rink by as early as next year.
Crime down in Vernon, Coldstream in first three months of 2021
May 10, 2021 - 11:15 AM

Calls and offences dropped in the Vernon and Coldstream over the first three months of 2021 versus last year.
Vernon closing visitor information centre and sani-dump
April 27, 2021 - 5:30 PM

Due to a decline in use and a shift to online technology, Vernon city council has decided to permanently close its visitor information centre.
Is Vernon's copyright of Ogopogo cultural appropriation?
March 19, 2021 - 8:00 AM

Is the City of Vernon's ownership of the copyright to Ogopogo another case of cultural appropriation, and should the City relinquish its ownership of the copyright and hand it over to local First Nations?
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

News Items tag as: Vernon city council 2021

Okanagan city looking at bylaw change to crack down on RVs parking on city streets

Vernon city council rejects much-needed rental apartment building

Vernon slated for two new fast food drive-thru restaurants, including Popeyes

Community mourns death of Vernon city councillor

Controversial Vernon goose cull will not be happening this year

Vernon council sides with province over Penticton homeless shelter controversy

Vernon could have unique synthetic outdoor skating rink next year

Crime down in Vernon, Coldstream in first three months of 2021

Vernon closing visitor information centre and sani-dump

Is Vernon's copyright of Ogopogo cultural appropriation?

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