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In 2018, October was declared Latin American Heritage Month in Canada. Latin America stretches from…

October is German Heritage Month in Canada! With more than 3 million people, German Canadians…

October is a busy month! In addition to LGBTQ+ History Month, it is also Canadian…

October is LGBTQ+ History Month in Canada, the United States, and Australia. Meanwhile, one local…

September 18 to 24 is Gender Equality Week in Canada, and this year’s theme was…

Outside the Vernon Museum, at the foot of a small gnarled tree, one can find…

With the passing of HRM Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, the Vernon Museum has…

Especially during the COVID era, a return to school presents challenges in terms of classroom…

William George Winter, a funeral director born in Birmingham, England, came to Vernon in 1936,…

This past Friday, August 5, was International Beer Day! While our city’s first brewery, the…

It comes as a surprise to many that one of Vernon’s most popular summer destinations,…

Since 1974, the first Saturday of each July has been celebrated as International Cherry Pit…

One area of historical underrepresentation within the Vernon Archives is that of the LGBTQ2SIA+ community;…

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

Vernon has long been home to a plethora of talented wordsmiths, which a humble binder…

A recent publication, edited by Jeannette Armstrong, Lally Grauer, and Janet MacArthur, explores the lives…

Since 2019, April has been recognized as Sikh Heritage Month in Canada. The Sikh population…

In 1912, Vernon opened a beautiful new post office complete with a British-made clock tower…