By 1911, Drew had opened her own millinery shop, located just a few doors down from the Bank of Montreal on 30th Avenue.
In the early 1930s, a new seasonal industry began to take shape in the North Okanagan and Shuswap regions.
On September 7, 1976, the Vernon Lodge Tigers’ triumphant plane journey from Winnipeg took an unexpected and dramatic turn.
The development of postal service in Vernon was anything but straightforward.
One of the first major productions at the new Empress Theatre was The Geisha, staged by the Vernon Musical and Dramatic Society.
Cross-country skiing’s arrival at Silver Star was a story of persistence.
George Albert Meeres played a significant role in the artistic and photographic history of Vernon.
In 2025, the Regional District of the North Okanagan (RDNO) celebrates its 60th anniversary.
One of Vernon’s most distinctive landmarks, the Vernon Courthouse, is made all the more impressive by the fact that its granite was quarried locally.
In Vernon, Highland dancing likely arrived with Scottish immigrants and their descendants, much as it did across Canada and beyond.
While the fight for the vote marked a major turning point, efforts toward equality continued.
The Vernon Expo ’86 Society was officially incorporated on May 15, 1985.
On January 25, 1960, the Vernon Canadians took on the Moscow Selects.
The first meeting on female suffrage was held in 1909 by the Vernon branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
This second article in a two-part series looks back at Vernon’s earliest mayors.
This two-part series explores Vernon’s earliest mayors.
A once-popular lodge in Coldstream has been lost to time for more than 65 years.
Peaches reached the southern Okanagan Valley in the 1890s and were soon introduced to Vernon through the Coldstream Ranch.