News Items tag as: VNNOV2017

Vernon's 2017 Christmas light tour map
December 18, 2017 - 3:30 PM

VERNON - With help from readers like you, we are once again going to create the season's best map of Vernon Christmas lights.
Homeless ask for socks, phone cards as part of anonymous wish list project in Vernon, Salmon Arm
December 04, 2017 - 7:30 PM

VERNON - The communities of Vernon and Salmon Arm are spreading kindness this holiday season where it’s needed most.
Not all Vernon council on side with cultural and anti-oppression training
December 04, 2017 - 6:00 PM

VERNON - City of Vernon staff and council will be getting “cultural competency” and “anti-oppression” training next year with a focus on First Nations history.
City councils can approve new RCMP officers but getting them is the hard part
December 01, 2017 - 4:30 PM

VERNON - Vernon is ready to pay for more police officers, but how long it will take to get them is another matter.
Helping the rescuers: Vernon SAR needs your votes
December 01, 2017 - 11:00 AM

VERNON - This time, Vernon Search and Rescue needs your help.
As many as 400 people will be caught drinking and driving in the Southern Interior next month, stats show
November 30, 2017 - 8:00 PM

With so many safe ride home options available in the Southern Interior, there's no reason to drink and drive this holiday season, but yet every year drivers seem to find a way to hand over their licences.
Vipers pay banner tribute to Dye, Canadians
November 30, 2017 - 7:30 PM

VERNON - In the late 1960s, hockey night in Vernon brought crowds to their feet, particularly when the feisty, hot shot Wayne Dye hit the ice with the Vernon Essos.
Two robberies, one store: Vernon brother and sister robbed at knife point
November 30, 2017 - 6:30 PM

"PLEASE DON'T HURT ME"
Safety-related costs lead to bump in Vernon taxes
November 30, 2017 - 2:30 PM

VERNON - Vernon taxpayers will see a jump in property taxes next year due to some big ticket items approved by council.
Armed robbery at Vernon gas station
November 30, 2017 - 1:31 PM

VERNON – A masked man with a gun held up the clerk at a Vernon gas station last night.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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