local businesses

The MAV is pleased to share this special blog post from Community Futures North Okanagan.

The story of the Hudson’s Bay Company in Vernon begins in 1887.

The Pine Tree Nut Shop was believed to be Vernon’s first dedicated candy and nut…

The year 1892 marked an important milestone for the young town of Vernon and the…

On August 27, 2024, the Blue Stream Motel on Vernon’s Highway 97 was severely damaged…

In the summer of 1911, a meat shop called P. Burns & Co. Meat Merchants…

Bulman’s LTD achieved wide-spread success over its fifty-year reign and quickly kindled affection among locals.

An unassuming copy of “The Mother” by Eden Phillpotts, part of the collection at the…

In the late 1940s, it was deemed the “most important Spring event in the Interior…

Cold snowy weather calls for comfort food like pizza, and what would pizza be without…

Did you know that Vernon’s first confectionary shop would be 115 years old if it…

Content warning: This blog post includes a general discussion of the abuse of women and…

How many different businesses can occupy a building over the years? If 3322 31st Avenue…

Don’t worry, you’re not seeing double. There was a point in Vernon’s history when the…

If you were to take a walk down Vernon’s 30th Avenue today in 2023, which…

“The Pioneer Jeweller of the Okanagan” is how F. B. Jacques is described in the…

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…