The Scherba Family

At the turn of the 20th century, the Scherba family left Ukraine in search of…

Farmer Val’s

Many children who attended school in Vernon during the 1990s and 2000s had the chance…

Rotary Pier

With the warmer weather we have been experiencing of late, Vernonites are beginning to flock…

An Erratic History

One particularly large rock has stood as a landmark in the Greater Vernon area for…

Victoria Day

Although many of us now think of the May Long Weekend as the beginning of…

Killiney Beach

May the road rise up to meet you this St. Patrick’s Day! Vernon is home…

Lady Aberdeen

One of the most remarkable women to have lived in Canada is Ishbel Marie Hamilton-Gordon…

Historic Heat Waves

Vernon in the summer of 1908. This past June, dozens of records were set in…

Catherine Kalamalka

March 8 is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and…

Coutts Marjoribanks

Perhaps he was trying to take some of the attention away from his Marchioness sister,…