City Of Vernon

• 30th Avenue in Vernon closed for culvert construction

  Motorists are asked to slow down when either in construction and detour zones, and to obey traffic control measures.

  Traffic

  Aug 9
  
• Paraglider rescued after getting entangled during emergency landing in Vernon

  Emergency personnel were called to the 4400 block of 32nd Street after several reports of a paraglider that was stuck around 20 feet off the ground.

  Canada

  Jun 3
  
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• Vernon, B.C. fire department documents confirm fatal fire response details

  An incident report on a fire that claimed the lives of three people in Vernon, B.C., includes notes from the fire chief and dispatch. The cause of the blaze is not yet known.

  Fire

  May 30
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• Permanent memorial caught by new Vernon, B.C. cemetery rules

  The regulations are impacting not just temporary tributes but also a permanent memorial at the city operated Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

  Canada

  May 26
• Vernon, B.C. pursuing ‘kill-to-scare’ program for nuisance geese

  While the city has pursued a cull or kill-to-scare program in the past it's never actually implemented either lethal method of goose control before.

  Environment

  May 19
• Vernon, B.C. aiming to be more inclusive for seniors

  The plan is expected to address everything from physical infrastructure like transportation and public buildings to less tangible factors like how seniors are included in society.

  Canada

  May 9
• Vernon, B.C. considering requiring new homes to be built ‘solar ready’

  What that means in practice is that the homes would need to have conduit or tubing installed so that if solar panels were added in the future it would be easy to connect them.

  Canada

  Apr 13
• Vernon, B.C. considering request to expand fire protection to area of fatal blaze

  Not having fire converage makes some residents of the unprotected area between Vernon and Lake Country nervous and means insurance costs are high.

  Canada

  Apr 10
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• Vernon, B.C. endorses gun and gang prevention strategy

  "The reason I think this strategy is really important is because it is long-term," said Julia Payson, the executive director of the Vernon Canadian Mental Health Association.

  Canada

  Mar 30
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• Another dust advisory wafts into Vernon, B.C.

  During the last few years, residents in Vernon, B.C., have been living with dust advisories in the spring and early summer for an increasing number of days.

  Weather

  Mar 29