Vernon News Today & Community Stories
Why a B.C condo owner won’t have to pay $39K in strata fines
A B.C. strata that fined a condo owner $39,000 for using the unit as a…
There’s a pet python on the loose somewhere in Kamloops
A ball python snake has been missing from its home on Kamloops’ North Shore since…
This is where most new housing is being built in Thompson-Okanagan
More than half of the new housing built in the Thompson-Okanagan’s five largest cities in…
Canmore has one possible solution to Vernon’s ‘RV situation’
In the summer of 2018 the Alberta town of Canmore had 130 RVs and campers…
BOOM TOWNS: All the new housing on the horizon in Okanagan, Kamloops
While interest rate hikes have slowed the real estate boom in the Thompson-Okanagan in recent…
YO MAMA: How simple mail deliveries brought our family joy over the pandemic
Every parent has a box story. A tale of childish delight and imagination inspired by…
iN PHOTOS: Vacant old Star Theatre in Armstrong brought back to life
A treasured old downtown Armstrong building that has been sitting empty for 12 years has…
Work crews heading to Kelowna’s UBCO downtown campus site in a matter of days
Now that Kelowna city council has agreed to let UBCO build a 46-storey downtown campus…
Governments need to ‘serious steps’ to tackle housing crisis: Accountants
Housing starts, with the exception of Kelowna, fell in the first half of 2022, showing…
iN PHOTOS: Most expensive home for sale in Canada is in the Okanagan
A national real estate research firm has posted a list of the “most expensive homes…
iN VIDEO: North Okanagan mansion up for auction again at half the price
A 15,000 square foot mansion in Coldstream is going back on the auction block later…
Single-family housing prices take hit in Okanagan, Kamloops
While the average cost of buying a home in the Thompson-Okanagan is up compared to…
This mid-size Okanagan city experiencing biggest housing boom in valley
Kelowna is the obvious go-to place for newcomers to the Okanagan with one of the…
Why Kelowna’s plan for highrises downtown can change by 20 storeys
It was just seven months ago, Jan. 10, when the City of Kelowna adopted a…
YO MAMA: Toddler vs. Cellphone
My one-year-old son had just found my cell phone in the bathroom drawer where I’d…