News Items tag as: Vernon City Hall

Expenses predicted to cost Vernon an extra $1.7 million next year
August 14, 2018 - 5:30 PM

VERNON - Dipping into an RCMP reserve fund was one suggestion by city staff to cover additional expenditures predicted to cost the city an extra $1.7 million in 2019.
Vernon councillor calls for action over 'crazy loud' shrimp boats on Okanagan Lake
October 15, 2015 - 11:00 AM

VERNON - It might be saving Kokanee salmon populations, but a Vernon city councillor says shrimp harvesting on Okanagan Lake is ‘crazy loud.’
The pesky problem a Vernon politician says is causing bed bugs to spread like wildfire
October 14, 2015 - 8:30 AM

VERNON - A Vernon councillor is shocked at how common bed bugs are in the city, and he has at least one idea of how they’re spreading.
Vernon residents upset about noisy shrimp harvesting on Okanagan Lake
September 29, 2015 - 9:00 PM

VERNON - Noise concerns are being generated by shrimping operations on Okanagan Lake, but it's unclear which level of government complaints should be directed at.
Vernon council decides town hall meetings aren't needed
August 11, 2015 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - Elected representatives believe Vernon residents have all the opportunities they need to raise issues with the city.
City of Vernon to enter race for B.C. Seniors Games
April 15, 2015 - 10:30 AM

VERNON - The city is preparing to bid on a major sporting event, but it needs a little back-up from its neighbours.
NEW VERNON WELCOME SIGNS: 'We've been waiting for you'
April 15, 2015 - 8:29 AM

VERNON - They’re supposed to be inviting, but the signs that welcome travellers into Vernon are looking a little worse for wear and no one is sure exaclty who is reponsible for the upkeep of those signs.
Vernon night market to proceed despite concerns
April 14, 2015 - 2:27 PM

VERNON - A Friday night market in downtown Vernon will go ahead this summer, but there’s still some unease among city councillors about the event.
Citizens call for drastic changes to Greater Vernon Water
March 25, 2015 - 2:26 PM

VERNON - A citizens group is calling on local politicians to overhaul plans for Greater Vernon’s water supply, including the cost to residents.
Doubt cast over 2015 season of Vernon's Avenue Market
March 25, 2015 - 8:22 AM

VERNON - There’s concern that a Vernon market designed to attract people to the downtown core is actually having a negative affect on some merchants.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: Vernon City Hall

Expenses predicted to cost Vernon an extra $1.7 million next year

Vernon councillor calls for action over 'crazy loud' shrimp boats on Okanagan Lake

The pesky problem a Vernon politician says is causing bed bugs to spread like wildfire

Vernon residents upset about noisy shrimp harvesting on Okanagan Lake

Vernon council decides town hall meetings aren't needed

City of Vernon to enter race for B.C. Seniors Games

NEW VERNON WELCOME SIGNS: 'We've been waiting for you'

Vernon night market to proceed despite concerns

Citizens call for drastic changes to Greater Vernon Water

Doubt cast over 2015 season of Vernon's Avenue Market

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