Local & Provincial Stuff (June)

Local

  1. 2024 Farmers’ Markets:

    Vernon:  Mondays and Thursdays, 8 – 1 pm, Kal Tire Place.

    Armstrong:  Sat., 8:30 – 12:30 pm, IPE (Interior Provincial Exhibition) grounds by Wood Avenue.

    Lumby:  Mon – Sat., 10 – 5 pm, indoors, Monashee Co-op.   www.monasheecommunitycoop.ca

  2. Help shape how Vernon grows and moves over the next 20 years! Share your ideas on housing, transportation, environment, parks and trails, culture and community.  Fill out the survey here.

  3. Celebrate! Head out into nature with your camera and celebrate Canada’s beauty. The 2024 Nature Photo Contest is on! May 21- August 11. For more info, go here.

  4. BX Creek ‘Weed’ Walk and Talk: June 8, 2- 3pm Organized by Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship, join them for this free and informative event. Learn about the invasive species in BX and the effect they have on the local environment. For more information on the walk, or to RSVP, go here.

  5. GoByBike Week, Jun 2 – 9. Loads of events all week – and prizes! https://vernonmatters.ca/2024/05/31/time-to-get-riding-and-rolling-for-milestone-gobybike-week/

Provincial

  1. FortisBC’s toxic water pollution. “FortisBC plans to discharge toxic construction effluent at both ends of its nine-kilometre tunnel from the BC Rail site in Squamish to the Woodfibre site”. For the full story and how to help, go here.

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