Vernon

Hot dogs predict top dawg

  Photo: Melissa Ligertwood If you don't believe in Ipsos-Reid, perhaps you believe in hot dogs. John Topping and the Vernon chapter of BC Special Olympics are banking on it. Topping's group has become known for the "hot dog poll," a...

City promotes green transportation

Photo: Contributed - City of Vernon The City of Vernon is gearing up for Bike to Work Week, a provincial initiative that promotes the use of a bicycle for transportation to work. More than 30 municipalities will participate this year between May 27 and June 2....

Burning tractor smokes tree and house

  Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Vernon house fire Vernon Fire and Rescue crews were called out at 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon to attend a structure fire at 3411, 24 Avenue. Deputy Fire Chief Lawrie Skolrood says the fire was the result of a lawn tractor...

Meth lab discovered in Kal Hotel

Photo: Contributed - Brandon Thompson Photo: Contributed - Brandon Thompson Updated 5:24 p.m. - Hazardous materials crews were onsite at the Kal Hotel in...

Young recruits discover their potential

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a police officer? More than 40 students from all over BC’s interior are about to find out. The RCMP Jean Minguy Memorial Youth Academy takes place this week at the Vernon Military Camp and...

Celebrating 80 years of success

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Rachel Davison Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Photo: Melissa...

Excavation work on Okanagan Landing

Photo: Contributed - City of Vernon The City of Vernon advises residents that excavation work has begun at 6190 Okanagan Landing Road in Vernon, and will continue until approximately May 15. Off-site work is happening on the South side of Okanagan Landing Road, in front...

Man's exposure gets cops attention

  Photo: Google Maps RCMP in Vernon are on the lookout for a man who allegedly exposed himself in a vehicle near Harwood Elementary School last Friday. Police say a concerned parent alerted them about 3 p.m. on April 26, stating her children told her they saw a...

Thieves with hammers rob Mac's store

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Tuesday morning at 1:40 a.m. the Vernon RCMP were dispatched to a call of a robbery at the Mac's Store at 4300 27 Street. The night shift employee was in the back room when she heard the...

Young man in care following altercation

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood BX Creek area (R) where search and rescue teams attempted to recover the knife Vernon RCMP Spokesperson, Gord Molendyk, has confirmed a domestic assault involving a knife in the lower BX area of Vernon. The altercation took place...

Car torched by molotov cocktail

  Photo: Contributed - The low Mo Guys YouTube A molotov cocktail is thrown in this demonstration on YouTube. RCMP in Vernon are investigating a torched 2005 Volvo station-wagon that appears to have been damaged by a molotov cocktail. Officers were...

Making strides in community justice

Photo: Contributed - Restorative Justice Society North Okanagan Margaret Clark, Executive Director Executive Director Margaret Clark says the Restorative Justice Society North Okanagan (RJS-NO) has come a long way since accepting the first referral back in...

Vinyl siding helps save home

    Photo: Melissa Ligertwood A fire broke out at 1515 40 Street in Vernon at approximately 4:30 a.m Monday morning. Chief Lawrie Skolrood of Vernon Fire and Rescue confirmed that nobody was injured in the blaze, which is believed to have started on a...

Yarn attack hits downtown Vernon

  Photo: Contributed - Vernon Public Art Gallery Photo: Contributed - Vernon Public Art Gallery Photo: Contributed - Vernon Public Art Gallery Photo: Contributed - Vernon Public Art Gallery 1 2 3...

Exchanging art and sound

Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Local artists help jam-in Vernon's first ever Sound and Art Exchange Friday marks the beginning of Vernon's first Art and Sound Exchange, a weekend of artistic expression at various venues around Vernon's downtown. The...

Flags at half-mast for fallen workers

    Photo: Contributed - City of Vernon City Hall flags at half-mast on Friday April 26 in observance Canada's national Day of Mourning The flag was lowered at Vernon City Hall on Friday out of respect for those lost or injured on the...

Neighbours battle over stinky decision

  Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Future site of sanitary lift station on Beachcomber Bay Road City plans to install a sanitary lift station have turned a Vernon neighbourhood upside down.   Vernon City Council voted on Monday to move forward with a...

Number crunching in Vernon

  Photo: Contributed The City of Vernon hired KPMG in the fall of 2012 to perform a review of the City’s operations and service delivery. The purpose of the review was to identify cost-saving opportunities and areas for potential improvements, as per the...

Contentious development wins approval

    Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Vernon City Council voted 5-2 in favour of a rezoning request on the 4600 block of 20 Street, following a second public hearing on the matter Monday evening. Monday's decision means that the property in question will...

Council supports BC Housing request

    Photo: Melissa Ligertwood Vernon City Council has agreed to support a rezoning application for a BC Housing project on 24 Street. Vernon Viridian, which will be managed by Kindale Developmental Association, is a $2.85M affordable housing...