BC Hydro will invest nearly $6 billion in capital projects across B.C.’s southern Interior over the next decade to expand the electricity grid, and upgrade its infrastructure to ensure a continued, reliable supply of clean power across the region.

From City of Vernon: https://www.vernon.ca/activities-events/news-events/news-archive/lakeview-wading-peanut-pool-and-spray-park-now-completed

Nurses and patients at the North Okanagan Hospice House are among the people who will benefit from Community Gaming Grants for capital projects by non-profit organizations throughout the province.

People in Vernon and the North Okanagan will have improved access to expanded mental-health and substance-use services as the Province moves forward with a new, state-of-the-art in-patient psychiatric unit at Vernon Jubilee Hospital.

Seniors with low to moderate incomes are settling into 48 new affordable rental homes that are open in Vernon.