Downtown Vernon: thriving or just surviving? Wildflower General Store. Antlr Menswear. Teeter Totter Toys. All gone from downtown Vernon. I’ve lived in our downtown core for more than 30 years. These shops aren’t just somewhere I go. They’re where I get my everyday needs, and where I’ve gotten to know the people who run them.
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O’KEEFE RANCH: THIS DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THE END On October 1, the O’Keefe Ranch & Interior Heritage Society learned from the City’s CAO that council won’t extend its lease past March 31, 2027. They didn’t hear it at a public meeting. Unless something changes, the society dissolves and the ranch closes. I can’t find
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Find my answers to the 2026 Vital Vote questionnaire. You can also follow a link to past candidate responses, preserved from previous election cycles.
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Castanet has been releasing candidate profiles – here’s mine. Working on a new post to go up soon. For my full platform go to: BuzzDawn.ca On October 17: Vote Dawn Tucker, Your Financial Watchdog- A Voice You Can Count On #VoteDawnTucker#BuzzDawn#VernonBC#Vernon2026#CommunityAdvocate#VernonWatchdog https://shrlnk.ca/s/FnVgToBG
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Does your vote even matter? Judging by these signs, some people think we’re getting a muppet no matter what. And someone even photoshopped a Klingon onto the Vernon mayoral race. (No, Gowron is not on your ballot. Yes, ‘Glory for all’, is still a better slogan than some I’ve seen.) But here’s the thing. The
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Let’s be honest about your taxes, Vernon. You were promised $12 a year for the Cultural Centre. You’re now paying $85. And that’s just one of the costs already locked into your tax bill. Every candidate says they’ll be “fiscally responsible.” Saying it is easy. Proving it is harder. And no one can promise zero
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Do You Believe Vernon Has A Water Crisis? “Water,water, every where, nor any drop to drink.” Coleridge wrote those words over 200 years ago, but they capture exactly where the Okanagan finds itself this year, surrounded by lakes, and still running dry. That’s no longer poetry, that’s Tuesday in the Okanagan. This is the Okanagan’s
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The Math On Vernon’s Nonprofits I’ve been a member of the Elks. I belong to the Schubert Centre. I’ve volunteered at the Towne Theatre. None of that is hypothetical for me- these are places where I’ve seen up close how much of what keeps this community running depends on people showing up for free. This
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If the Alert Came Tonight, Would You Know Where To Go? During the White Rock Lake wildfire in 2021, most of the city of Vernon-tens of thousands of residents- was put in evacuation alert. Real alert, real risk. And I watched, in real time, how many residents had no idea what that actually meant- or
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dawn Tucker Announces Third Bid for Vernon City Council, Running as Vernon’s Financial Watchdog “Give Me a Buzz!” — Downtown resident, called a “longtime council watchdog” by Castanet, has attended nearly every Vernon council meeting since 2017 VERNON, B.C. — August 11, 2026 — Dawn Tucker, Community Advocate and a lifelong Vernon resident,
