Vernon

165 homes built in Vernon in 2012

In December 2012 there were 7 less house starts compared to 2011 in Vernon. Year over year there were 165 total 2012 housing starts compared to 163 in 2011. CMHC uses the trend measure as a complement to the monthly SAAR of housing starts to account for considerable swings in monthly...

RCMP looking for owner of locket

Photo: Contributed Vernon RCMP are looking for the owner of this locket. The Vernon RCMP office are attempting to find the owner of this heart shaped, gold-coloured locket. A photo of one side of the locket has been released and authorities are hoping the...

Complex sports a $1M cut in price

Voters in Vernon and Coldstream will be asked to approve borrowing up to $7.53M for a sports facility complex adjacent to Okanagan College in Coldstream. The proposed facility will include a synthetic turf field, a second soil based grass field and a rubberized track. It...

Fly over the proposed sports facility

Greater Vernon residents will be going to referendum on April 6 to vote on whether they support long-term borrowing (20 years) to construct a state-of-the-art sports facility. According to the Regional District's webiste: Due to the lack of a regulation sized track, Greater...

Water main flushing

  Photo: Contributed Annual Water Main flushing continues in the City of Vernon and Electoral Areas “B” and “C”. Flushing signs will be posted in your area when crews are working.   Flushing removes accumulated sand and silt...

Time to get rid of that Christmas tree

  Photo: Contributed - Vernon Fire Rescue Services The Vernon Fire Rescue Services is hosting a Christmas Tree Drive-Thru this weekend to raise money for the B.C. Firefighters Burn Fund. Residents are encouraged to drop off their Christmas tree at Fire Station...

Property values remain stable

More than 71,000 property owners throughout the North Okanagan Region can expect to receive their 2013 assessment notices in the next few days. “Most homes in the North Okanagan are remaining stable in value compared to last year‟s assessment roll,” said Tracy Wall, Deputy...

Bike rider tackled by cops

  Photo: Contributed - Google Street view The site of the tackle Early one morning in Vernon . . . RCMP Spokesperson Gordon Molendyk, reports at about 3 a.m. one of the Vernon officers noticed a cyclist riding without lights in the 30th Ave. near...

Norovirus outbreaks - wash your hands

According to officials with Interior Health, an outbreak of Norovirus at Vernon Jubilee Hospital has been declared over. Photo: Wayne Moore - Castanet File Photo Senior Medical Health Officer Dr. Andrew Larder, says the outbreak lasted four days and was declared over...

Quiet start to New Year in Vernon

Vernon RCMP had a relatively routine end to 2012 and start to 2013. Photo: Castanet Staff Police spokesman, Gord Molendyk, only 11 people were handed personal invitations to spend the night at the RCMP's gated hotel. Most of those according to Molendyk were for...

Vernon's New Year's baby

Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer Gursimart Chahal with baby girl born Jan. 1 at Penticton Regional Hospital. Baby is not yet named. Photo: Contributed First BC baby...

Busy weekend for RCMP

  Photo: Contributed It was a busy weekend for first responders in the North Okanagan. On Dec. 29, Vernon RCMP responded to a report of several collisions involving one vehicle. When police arrived, the occupants of the car had already left the scene. The...

Councillor denies lawsuit

  Councillor Gyula Kiss A former mayor and current Coldstream councillor Gyula Kiss says the media has made a mistake, and that he is not suing Walmart. “There is nothing much I can tell you, because I did not file a lawsuit,” says...

Kitchen fire nearly destroys home

  Photo: Contributed - Google Street View A two-storey home sustained extensive damage following a fire on Friday evening in Vernon. The blaze began in the upstairs kitchen of a home in the 5700-block of Oriole Drive, just before 6:30 p.m. Fire crews were...

Dangerous weapons bylaw

  At the December 10, Council meeting, the City of Vernon adopted a bylaw to regulate, prohibit and impose requirements with regards to the discharge and use of dangerous weapons. Clint Kanester, Manager of Bylaw Enforcement, said, “Bow hunters and property owners...

On the front line for families

  Vernon pilot project for families Dec. 13, 2012. Photo: Adam Proskiw Sgt. Robb Daly, Practice Lead – Mental Health and Substance Use, Interior Health Photo: Adam Proskiw Randy Murray and Barry Fulton, Executive Director of...

Crews battle car fire - photo gallery

  Vernon car fire Dec. 12, 2012 Photo: Contributed - Vernon Fire Rescue Photo: Contributed - Vernon Fire Rescue Photo: Contributed - Vernon Fire Rescue Photo: Contributed - Vernon Fire...

Gang enforcer needs long jail term

  Photo: CTV A Crown lawyer has told a sentencing hearing in BC Supreme Court a repeat killer and gang enforcer is extremely dangerous and needs to go to prison for a long time. The hearing in Vancouver is for Sheldon O'Donnell, a member of the notorious...

Closing arguments in hit & run death

  Photo: Contributed - Facebook Kiera-Leigh Carlson Closing arguments in the Aberdeen Road hit and run case were filed Monday in Vernon Provincial Supreme Court. Chase Garrett Donaldson, of Coldstream, is charged with hitting and killing...

Police search for missing driver

Photo: Contributed - Google   RCMP and Vernon Search and Rescue are currently looking for a driver of an abandoned vehicle. SAR was called in at 12:30 p.m. Monday, to assist police after a vehicle was found on Eastside road near Ellison Park on Sunday night and...