News Items tag as: Vernon news

Why opening a new temporary homeless shelter in Vernon could become more difficult
November 12, 2019 - 6:30 PM

Vernon city council has approved the first stage in changing regulations that would mean new temporary homeless shelters have to jump through more hoops in order to open.
Vernon councillor calls for homeless to be allowed to camp outside City Hall
November 12, 2019 - 4:59 PM

A Vernon councillor has proposed to ban homeless people from camping in Polson Park and instead open up the grounds of City Hall for camping.
Poppy box stolen from Vernon Farmer's Market
November 12, 2019 - 1:30 PM

The Royal Canadian Legion won't be left short after Vernon Farmer's Market customers and vendors came forward and donated funds following the theft of the market's poppy box.
Nearly half of all bylaw calls involve Vernon's street entrenched population
November 12, 2019 - 8:00 AM

Almost 50 per cent of files dealt with by the City of Vernon's bylaw department involved the city's street entrenched population.
Looking for a forever home; Vernon SPCA pet of the week
November 11, 2019 - 4:30 PM

This star of the show is looking for her new home.
UPDATE: It's going to snow tonight: Environment Canada
November 11, 2019 - 2:14 PM

It looks like Old Man Winter might be on our doorstep at last.
Okanagan, Kamloops, mark Remembrance Day
November 11, 2019 - 1:55 PM

Every year, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, Canadians pause.
Freezing rain, ice pellets to fall on Coquihalla, Okanagan Connector
November 11, 2019 - 8:54 AM

Mother Nature has an icy surprise in store for the Coquihalla and Okanagan Connector highways today.
Gold, costume jewelry stolen from Winfield home
November 10, 2019 - 6:00 PM

Homeowners have yet to be reunited with their missing jewelry from a September break and enter.
iN VIDEO: Friends, family, welcome home Canadian athletic icon Shanda Hill
November 10, 2019 - 7:00 AM
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Last member of Chinese-Canadian WW II covert unit trained in the Okanagan has died
The last survivor of a special covert World War II force with historical ties to a lonely stretch of Okanagan Lake shoreline passed away recently in London, Ontario. Henry Albert Wong (Hank) died Oct. 10, 2019 , in the southwest Ontario to