Install
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
LETTER: Vernon's water issues
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (132+ words) Published 3:30 pm Saturday, August 29, 2026 The item in your June 25 issue dealing with the mayor’s comments on our water supply is interesting. For the record, I do concur with the mayor that we should not be considering pools if our available…...
LETTER: Increase access to readily available Vernon water
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (146+ words) Published 12:00 pm Sunday, August 23, 2026 Questions not an opinion: If Kalamalka Lake holds 1.52 billion cubic meters of water, and if in 2023 RDNO’s Greater Vernon Water distribution system used 18.64 million cubic meters of water, does that not mean it would take 81.5 years…...
Stage 3 water restrictions arrive in Armstrong amid regional drought
2+ week, 2+ day ago (218+ words) Published 4:52 pm Thursday, August 13, 2026 The City of Armstrong is activating Stage 3 water restrictions amid a drought that’s parching the North Okanagan to a historic degree. It’s the most severe level of restriction in the city’s water conservation framework. The restrictions…...
Greater Vernon Water temporarily switches water source for parts of Lavington and Coldstream
4+ week, 2+ day ago (455+ words) Published 6:30 pm Thursday, July 30, 2026 To help local agriculturalists during the current Stage 3 water restrictions, the Regional District of North Okanagan has temporarily switched the water source for some Greater Vernon Water customers in the Lavington and Coldstream areas. The switch…...
Councillor calls for City of Vernon to join water campaign
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (400+ words) Published 10:00 am Monday, July 20, 2026 Brian Guy wants the city to soak up an Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) program. The Vernon councillor will present a notice of motion at the regular meeting of Vernon council Monday, July 20, calling for the…...
Vernon woman has proposal that could solve drought issues
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (380+ words) Published 2:00 pm Tuesday, July 14, 2026 A Vernon resident is set to propose an ‘intelligent rain harvest blueprint’ to save taxpayer dollars and rehydrate sinking aquifers. As Vernon council prepares for a Monday, July 20, public hearing regarding the 18-acre Via District OCP…...
‘Without one, the whole network falls’: Princeton joins multi-city flood partnership
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (746+ words) Published 1:00 pm Thursday, June 25, 2026 Princeton has joined hands with Merritt, Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope to secure funding from the federal government to rebuild after floods that devastated these communities. The West Coast Resiliency Partnership (WCCRP) is a collaboration between these…...
‘We’re in crisis’: Vernon mayor worries about water levels
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (566+ words) Published 11:00 am Friday, June 19, 2026 Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming thinks Greater Vernon should be in stage four water restrictions. At the June 17 Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) board of directors meeting, water supply, use and regulations was a heavy topic....
Water conservation urged amid declining North Okanagan lake/reservoir levels
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (289+ words) Published 10:30 am Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Water storage levels as of May 26, 2026 are well below average at Duteau Creek. (RDNO graph) Water levels in Kal Lake arewell below average as of May 2026. (RDNO graph) Unseasonably low water levels have turned on an…...
‘Off-the-charts dry’: Water board warns of dire conditions in the Okanagan
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (724+ words) Published 4:45 pm Tuesday, May 26, 2026 The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is sounding the alarm about drought conditions in the Okanagan, while keeping in view other threats to waterways in the region. OBWB executive director Melissa Tesche gave a presentation to…...