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  • 1 week ago | vernonmatters.ca | Liam Verster

    “It was an illegal route created without permission, on reserve land, and it damaged the recovering ecosystem. Splatsin has always maintained jurisdiction over this land, and we took this step to protect it, not just legally, but environmentally.” In 2019, the landowner filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, seeking to have the illegal access road recognized as public, but the injunction was denied.

  • 1 week ago | vernonmatters.ca | Liam Verster

    Day said whistleblower nurses who spoke to members of the media said VJH was “so short-staffed that ER nurses are being asked to cover obstetrics without proper training.” He also said there were regular violent incidents in pediatrics and maternity, leading to staff “fleeing en masse.”“These stories are horrifying but not surprising,” Day said.

  • 1 week ago | vernonmatters.ca | Liam Verster

    The Founders’ Cup winners with the founders.

  • 1 week ago | vernonmatters.ca | Liam Verster

    Bell was one of five women who went missing in the North Okanagan within a short period of time. “Although it has been established that the disappearance of all five women were not associated to a single serial actor, investigators believe that the primary suspect responsible for Bell’s death is the same as that of Traci Genereaux,” Supt. Sanjaya Wijayakoon, the Operations Officer for the B.C. RCMP Major Crimes program, stated.

  • 1 week ago | vernonmatters.ca | Liam Verster

    Community garden plots at the sncəcmałqtn Agricultural Park (photo courtesy of the RDNO) By Liam Verster sncəcmałqtn Agricultural Park Projects Gardeners planting in community plots, other projects underway at RDNO Agricultural Park Jun 18, 2025 | 6:00 AM The sncəcmałqtn Agricultural Park (SAP) plots are being filled and other projects will see more plants blooming in the near future. The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) said the community garden plots that opened May 1 have been...

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