Vernon, British Columbia

Vernon is the hub of the North Okanagan, between the north end of Okanagan Lake and Kalamalka Lake, on the traditional territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) people and next to the Okanagan Indian Band's reserve. The City of Vernon runs planning and building permits from its Community Services Building, business licences, Bylaw Compliance and Community Safety, roads and snow clearing, sewers and the Vernon Water Reclamation Centre, quarterly utility billing, automated curbside garbage and organics carts collected by its contractor, Vernon Fire Rescue Services, emergency management, Greater Vernon Recreation Services (the Recreation Centre, Vernon Aquatic Centre, Kal Tire Place and other arenas, run for the City, Coldstream and nearby electoral areas), parks and beaches, the Vernon Regional Airport, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery and tourism. The Regional District of North Okanagan supplies the drinking water as Greater Vernon Water, sets watering restrictions, licenses dogs, and runs the Greater Vernon Diversion and Disposal Facility and regional parks. Policing is the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP detachment, transit is the Vernon Regional Transit System run with BC Transit, the library is the Okanagan Regional Library, health care is Interior Health (Vernon Jubilee Hospital), and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.