News Items tag as: Vernon immigration

How a Vernon business was born with help from the Entrepreneur Immigration Program
April 14, 2024 - 6:00 PM
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Satoca Bike is a Vernon business that was born through the Entrepreneur Immigration Program and it serves as a testament to how this program can bring in new businesses as well as new community members.
Vernon wants temporary immigration business program made permanent
March 13, 2024 - 3:45 PM

The City of Vernon has been piloting an entrepreneurial immigration program with the province and now wants the provincial program to be permanent.
Vernon competing for immigrants as local labour shortage challenges employers
January 24, 2018 - 2:31 PM

VERNON - Vernon is trying to be competitive when it comes to attracting new residents to the city.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the week of April 28. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at

$5M for wind machines, heaters to protect tree fruit in Okanagan, Kootenays
Following some extremely challenging years for B.C. farmers the provincial government has allocated $5 million for tree fruit growers in the Okanagan and Kootenay regions so there can be more local fruit for everyone to enjoy. “Earlie

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

BC NDP to introduce prompt-payment legislation for construction
For Sarah Walker of electrical contractor Bryant Electric, late payments are a regular part of doing business. Walker, the company’s chief financial officer, said that while most of the

How a Vernon business was born with help from the Entrepreneur Immigration Program