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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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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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,
Vernon taxpayers, your City Council just locked you into a 3-year deal with Coldstream, Electoral Area B and Electoral Area C — and you should know what they agreed to on your behalf. The Active Living Centre costs $8M/year to operate. After revenues, there’s a $4.2M annual gap. Vernon taxpayers are covering that with a
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“Tucker’s comments were accepted for information, with council not addressing any of the points at the time.” – from December 4, 2023 VernonMatters article titled “Numerous topics raised in public input for Vernon budget” Here were the points I brought up during the morning public input session: And the points I brought up in the
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Happy to announce my friends Sondra & Lee Watkins are not going to be fined going forward. Vernon City Council passed a motion to align city bylaws with the ALC in regards to RVs as third dwellings. The revised bylaw will take time to be completed & fully passed but in the meantime no further
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I know this was asked to come forward at some future time in Vernon but sooner rather than later would be good. Other communities believe it to be needed now as it’s just common sense. Wouldn’t you agree? Join the conversation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/256766374948414/permalink/1269461727012202/ CASTANET.NET ‘It’s common sense’: Port Coquitlam bans drug use in city
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Funny enough I just was talking to my father about this and saying that this was likely to happen unless our city gets to fencing this off and securing the building. I have been pushing and pushing for this park to be cleaned up with members of council and staff. There needs to be a
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