Letter to the Editor

Plastic pollution

Vernon resident pushes increased plastic pollution ban

LETTER: what about the mountains of small plastic bits that are accumulated every day

 

A Vernon nurse has had his registration suspended for six months, along with other disciplinary action, by the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives for professional misconduct. (Pixabay photo)

Look after our nurses, so they can look after us

LETTER: Writer urges increase in nurse wages to help solve medical problems

  • Jan 30, 2023

 

Hundreds turned out at Vernon's Polson Park in support of a truck convoy that made its way to Ottawa in protest of COVID-19 mandates Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Counter-COVID protestor ends time on Vernon corner

LETTER: ‘Demonstrating amongst the conspiracy folks…no longer useful’

  • Jan 19, 2023

 

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LETTER: Difficult to make predictions 100 years ahead

Past generations could not have foreseen present world

  • Jan 17, 2023
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LETTER: Take measures now to create a better future

Choices today will affect generations to come

  • Jan 17, 2023
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Lynne Frerichs of the Cherryville Community Club (from left) is joined by Cherryville Food and Resource Society president Sharon Harvey, and Ray Friesen of Tolko, at the new club digital sign. Tolko donated $10,000 toward the sign. (Contributed)

LETTER: Cherryville groups thank Tolko

Vernon-based company donates $20,000 toward two key community projects

Lynne Frerichs of the Cherryville Community Club (from left) is joined by Cherryville Food and Resource Society president Sharon Harvey, and Ray Friesen of Tolko, at the new club digital sign. Tolko donated $10,000 toward the sign. (Contributed)
Logs from a Baird Bros. logging truck are about to be dropped into the Shuswap River in this undated photograph from the Enderby and District Museum archives. Enderby and District Museum and Archives photo.

Know the past to plan for future of Okanagan forests

LETTER: We should use line skiders and chainsaws on steep hill sides to prevent erosion

  • Dec 8, 2022
Logs from a Baird Bros. logging truck are about to be dropped into the Shuswap River in this undated photograph from the Enderby and District Museum archives. Enderby and District Museum and Archives photo.
The Milky Way Dairy and Swine 4-H club thanks local businesses for supporting the program. (Contributed)

4-H sends thanks following Armstrong fair

Continued support keeps Milky Way Dairy and Swine 4-H club growing

  • Dec 7, 2022
The Milky Way Dairy and Swine 4-H club thanks local businesses for supporting the program. (Contributed)
This mural was proposed for the Upper Room Mission. (Katie Green image)

Mental health murals could have been a Vernon vandalism target

LETTER: Writer points out that those in opposition may have defaced the art, in turn hurting the artists

  • Dec 2, 2022
This mural was proposed for the Upper Room Mission. (Katie Green image)
An early snow sometimes catches people before they do the tire change, police say. Black Press Media file.

Dangerous stretch of Vernon road deserves fixing

LETTER: Driver concerned with small shoulder on Kal Lake Road

An early snow sometimes catches people before they do the tire change, police say. Black Press Media file.
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LETTER: Thanks for supporting Summerland athlete

Family of Justin Kripps grateful for community support

  • Sep 14, 2022
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Vernons new Neuron e-scooters are popular in the community. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Vernon’s electric scooters great, but…

LETTER: Resident concerned about the number of riders using escooters improperly

Vernons new Neuron e-scooters are popular in the community. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
A new $5million fundraising campaign for the downtown Greater Vernon Cultural Centre is set to launch. (Morning Star - file photo)

Truth and transparency sought from Vernon politicians

LETTER: RDNO and city decisions questioned by resident

A new $5million fundraising campaign for the downtown Greater Vernon Cultural Centre is set to launch. (Morning Star - file photo)
Lake Country’s Valerie Regier heads out on the bike portion of the 2022 Kal RATS Sprint Triathlon run-bike-run race June 25, in Vernon. Regier was fourth in her Women’s 65-69 age group in one hour 38 minutes three seconds. Cyclists are urging motorists to watch for them on roads and paths. 
(Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Signage sought for cyclist safety in Vernon

LETTER: Too many close calls leaves rider requesting greenway improvements

Lake Country’s Valerie Regier heads out on the bike portion of the 2022 Kal RATS Sprint Triathlon run-bike-run race June 25, in Vernon. Regier was fourth in her Women’s 65-69 age group in one hour 38 minutes three seconds. Cyclists are urging motorists to watch for them on roads and paths. 
(Roger Knox - Morning Star)
The opening of Vernon's popular Peanut Pool at Lakeview Park was delayed due to vandalism. (Brieanna Charlebois - Morning Star)

A dip into the history behind Vernon’s Peanut Pool

LETTER: Pool was a true multi-use facility

The opening of Vernon's popular Peanut Pool at Lakeview Park was delayed due to vandalism. (Brieanna Charlebois - Morning Star)
Premier John Horgan was in Vernon June 25 for a meeting with the Vernon Fire Rescue Services team along with his NDP counterparts. (VFRS photo)

Vernon residents demand better from politicians

LETTER: Governments are spending us into bankruptcy

Premier John Horgan was in Vernon June 25 for a meeting with the Vernon Fire Rescue Services team along with his NDP counterparts. (VFRS photo)
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LETTER: Affordable housing needed to address climate change

Daily travel requires energy and creates pollution

  • Apr 14, 2022
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A conceptual design of Vernon's new Active Living Centre, which will go to referendum Oct. 15, 2022. (Rendering)

Is this the time for Vernon cultural and active living centres?

LETTER: Resident asks politicians to look at their spending

A conceptual design of Vernon's new Active Living Centre, which will go to referendum Oct. 15, 2022. (Rendering)
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LETTER: Humans are causing climate change

Last seven years have been hottest on record

  • Apr 11, 2022
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A basement fire in the 2900 block of 30th Avenue took place in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 10. (City of Vernon photo)

Curtain opens on Vernon’s Town Theatre following fire

Two months after neighbouring fire caused significant damage and closed the theatre down

A basement fire in the 2900 block of 30th Avenue took place in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 10. (City of Vernon photo)
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