News Items tag as: VNMAR2017

Government response to 2017 flood season appropriate, professional: independent review
March 14, 2018 - 10:48 AM

An independent review of the Great Flood of 2017 says despite what many may think, the government response was professionally managed and operationally sound.
Vernon man builds back-alley shrine to honour 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge
April 07, 2017 - 1:00 PM

VERNON - A Vernon man has made it his mission to convert the nondescript alley behind his home into a shrine for Vimy Ridge.
'Scandalous remarks' strike a sour note with judge in Vernon neighbours dispute
April 01, 2017 - 1:00 PM

VERNON - Making inflammatory statements, allegations of deceit and scandalous remarks did not pay off in court for some Vernon residents trying to halt a neighbour’s lakefront home construction.
MISDIAGNOSIS: MP will look into bigger picture of Vernon woman's legal struggle
March 31, 2017 - 8:00 PM

VERNON - A Vernon woman’s concerns with how medical malpractice suits are handled will be looked into at the federal level.
Big investment announced for rail trail between Armstrong and Sicamous
March 31, 2017 - 2:36 PM

SICAMOUS - Efforts to convert the old rail line between Armstrong and Sicamous into a multi-use trail have gotten a significant boost.
Chemical imbalance forces closure of Vernon pool
March 31, 2017 - 10:25 AM

VERNON - The Vernon pool is shut down today due for public safety reasons.
You weren't imagining it; there are more potholes in Vernon this year
March 31, 2017 - 9:57 AM

VERNON - Potholes are worse this year, and there are more of them.
Vernon building being torn down to make way for parking
March 31, 2017 - 9:39 AM

VERNON - A downtown Vernon building is coming down.
What has five acres, hundreds of classic cars and is for sale? This property in the Shuswap
March 30, 2017 - 9:00 PM

TAPPEN, B.C. - What’s your field of dreams? Does it include tires, grease and headlights?
MISDIAGNOSED: What a Vernon woman learned from five-year fight for justice
March 30, 2017 - 8:00 PM

VERNON - Most people would be relieved to hear they had a false positive test result for cancer. Not Allison Kooijman.
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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

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

News Items tag as: VNMAR2017

Government response to 2017 flood season appropriate, professional: independent review

Vernon man builds back-alley shrine to honour 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge

'Scandalous remarks' strike a sour note with judge in Vernon neighbours dispute

MISDIAGNOSIS: MP will look into bigger picture of Vernon woman's legal struggle

Big investment announced for rail trail between Armstrong and Sicamous

Chemical imbalance forces closure of Vernon pool

You weren't imagining it; there are more potholes in Vernon this year

Vernon building being torn down to make way for parking

What has five acres, hundreds of classic cars and is for sale? This property in the Shuswap

MISDIAGNOSED: What a Vernon woman learned from five-year fight for justice

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