News Items tag as: VNMAR2024

UPDATE: Missing Vernon man located
April 08, 2024 - 10:50 AM

UPDATE: April 8, 2024
Construction of Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail underway ahead of public hearing
March 30, 2024 - 1:00 PM

Progress on the bike trail from Sicamous to Armstrong is underway as the 2024 construction season starts.
Town hall with B.C. Premier for residents of Vernon-Monashee and Boundary-Similkameen
March 29, 2024 - 1:00 PM

Residents of Vernon-Monashee and Boundary-Similkameen get their chance to ask Premier David Eby anything.
HIDDEN EXPENSES: Salmon Arm family struggles after daughter's life-threatening diagnosis
March 29, 2024 - 7:00 AM

For Jerica Armitage, a mother and hospital staffing clerk from Salmon Arm, the hidden expenses of British Columbia’s medical system added an unexpected pressure to her daughter’s diagnosis.
Just three prescribed burns will prepare Okanagan for wildfire season
March 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Only three controlled burns will take place in the Okanagan this spring in an effort to reduce fire fuel and prepare for the wildfire season ahead.
Enderby needs your vote to win Hockeyville contest and fix arena
March 27, 2024 - 1:29 PM

The City of Enderby has advanced to the final four communities across the country with its NHL Kraft Hockeyville bid and is asking residents throughout the region for their votes.
Crews to search underwater in Kal Lake for missing North Okanagan man
March 27, 2024 - 8:52 AM

The search for a missing Coldstream man is going underwater more than three months after he went missing.
Vernon businessperson fights City Hall in court, and wins
March 26, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Yuri Bos has been trying for more than a year to get a business licence so he can lease two parcels of his commercial land in the 4600 block on 34 Street in Vernon.
Vernon RCMP seize guns during self harm call
March 26, 2024 - 11:47 AM

Police seized two guns at a Vernon home while responding to a self-harm threat made on social media.
Man with butane torch arrested in Vernon for starting fire
March 26, 2024 - 10:50 AM

A 35-year-old Vernon man was arrested last week for starting a fire in the city with a butane torch.
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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 third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

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

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

News Items tag as: VNMAR2024

UPDATE: Missing Vernon man located

Construction of Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail underway ahead of public hearing

Town hall with B.C. Premier for residents of Vernon-Monashee and Boundary-Similkameen

HIDDEN EXPENSES: Salmon Arm family struggles after daughter's life-threatening diagnosis

Just three prescribed burns will prepare Okanagan for wildfire season

Enderby needs your vote to win Hockeyville contest and fix arena

Crews to search underwater in Kal Lake for missing North Okanagan man

Vernon businessperson fights City Hall in court, and wins

Vernon RCMP seize guns during self harm call

Man with butane torch arrested in Vernon for starting fire

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