Armstrong, British Columbia

Armstrong, "the Heart of Country", is a small city in the Spallumcheen Valley of the North Okanagan, 15 minutes north of Vernon on Highway 97A, surrounded by the Township of Spallumcheen and incorporated on March 26, 1913. The City runs City Hall at 3535 Bridge Street (a new building finished in 2023), property taxes and quarterly or semi-annual utility bills for water, sewer and garbage, its own treated water system and wastewater lagoons, roads, sidewalks and snow clearing under a Winter Maintenance Policy, curbside food waste, garbage and green waste collection through contractor SCV Waste Solutions, complaint-based bylaw enforcement and DocuPet dog licences, building permits and planning under Zoning Bylaw 1921 and Official Community Plan Bylaw 1932, business licences, a cemetery, Alertable emergency notifications and an Emergency Operations Centre. Fire protection and parks and recreation are shared with the Township of Spallumcheen through the Armstrong Spallumcheen Fire Department and the Armstrong Spallumcheen Parks and Recreation Commission. The Regional District of North Okanagan runs the Armstrong/Spallumcheen Transfer Station and the Greater Vernon Landfill, regional emergency support services and the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail; recycling is Recycle BC's program collected by Emterra; BC Transit's Route 60 links Enderby, Armstrong and Vernon; the North Okanagan RCMP police the city; health care is Interior Health's Pleasant Valley Health Centre and Vernon Jubilee Hospital; schools are School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.