Had to switch vets for my dog and recently went to drop off samples for my dogs feces and urine tests. The receptionist roughly quoted me about $200. I just got a text saying we owe $400- AFTER our insurance paid a portion. And we already paid $200 for the initial exam. What??? That cost seems insane.

As title says,

We have asked around and have not come up with anything... We are looking for a historic house that is on a property set to be redeveloped or deolished, we will buy and take care of all costs associated with moving.

We are looking for charm and character, fixer upper fine, its going to be an inlaw/guest suite and we want to make it into a family project to bring it back to life.

Interested in:
Craftman bungalow
edwardian bungalow
Farmhouse traditional

Any leads or referrals would be greatly appreciated.

For folks making year-end donations to local Vernon charities: who are you donating to?

Did Vernon Walmart "fire" Canadian employees in order to hire TFWs?

Does anyone know what the story is?

It seemed like Vernon Walmart compeletely replaced their entire workforce with TFWs. 🤔

Edit: Alternatively, the new employees at the Vernon Walmart may be all new immigrants. Most don't speak English.

The changeover of staff was very abrupt. Like the entire staff, from managers on down.

If all the new employees are immigrants, as in moved to Canada first and then sought employment at Walmart, GREAT! That's a good thing.

But if constructive dismissals were used to open up positions, and then TFWs were brought in just to work at the Vernon Walmart, as part of an influx of immigration scheme, that's a different issue.

Staying at Predator ridge with two young children. Has anyone stayed there with kids? Is it kid friendly? We don’t golf. We’ve never been to the Okanagan before.

Suggestions or advice?

Thanks!

Edit: Should mention we are headed there in late summer!

Any idea where man in his 50s can find job in Vernon ...hard working good English, educated..new to the city...would appreciate any suggestions and help :)

I'm usually a Canadian Tire type of person.. but if there are better places out there to get a tree, I would love to know.

Any musician's on here? Im a guitar player looking for people to jam with. I enjoy rock,country and bluegrass but im down to play anything.

Hello Friends, is the Green Mile back to business as usual after the interruption?

Anyone have any idea what will happy to the Ogopogo in the Polson Park duck pond as they renovate that area? Bit of a Vernon institution, I’d think. Been there a long time and known to a lot of people.

I got my puppy almost 2 months ago- on October 1st. Ever since he arrived he has been regurgitating several times a day and having occasional bouts of bloody diarrhea, and frequently loses his appetite. Now, lately he has been okay, thankfully. But up to this moment has been so incredibly frustrating in dealing with my vet. I have officially given up on them and am calling around for other vets tomorrow, as well as posting an honest review after I go and talk to them. I brought him in a few times and they immediately were talking about specialists, ultrasounds and x-rays. Should have been red flag number one. They gave me a bunch of special, very expensive foods and medicines to try him on. I had already tried him on every kind of protein, flavor, texture, etc. Nothing helped. Their medicines almost seemed to make him feel worse. Roughly $1000 in the first month without any test being done. Then they suggest booking him for dayward to do x-rays and blood tests. That day comes and goes...10 minutes to closing, I still have not heard from them. So I call. Apparently he has been done for hours. No one had even bothered to call- to me, it sounds like they were totally planning on just leaving him there overnight without a peep to me. And to top it off, they didn't even do the fucking bloodwork because they "didn't want to poke him unnecessarily." Well, fuck me- I'm not an expert but I would wager that frequent regurgitation and shitting blood would warrant a fucking blood test. The real kicker, is that they then have the audacity to suggest I bring him back to do bloodwork. (.......) I'm so mad at this point that I just pay my $800 bill and leave. We run out of the stinky vet pate food and go back to our regular food. Suddenly, he is fine for a couple of weeks. Then he vomits and has bloody diarrhea again, out of nowhere. So I bring him back for bloodwork and a fecal test. I very carefully collected bloody shit off of my floor to bring to them- only for them to waste it because the vet looked at the sample, said it was "normal" and didn't do the fecal test because "it would cost money." YES- THINGS COST MONEY. Shocking! I never knew! They KNOW we have pet insurance- and a good one!! And once again, they have the balls to suggest that I "just bring in another sample" if I want to have it done. Did they think I was fucking joking the first time?? This would be a comedy if my poor dog weren't paying the price for their extreme lack of care. I cannot fucking believe the lack of care demonstrated by this vet. I am so fucking mad right now.

I stopped in…curious what vibes others experienced? It was super off putting to me.

Is there anywhere in Vernon to get some?

Hey Yall! My s/o and i have been buzzing to go to some ballroom, salsa, waltz, etc classes. We are 18 & 20. Any suggestions on any local studios who have classes for complete beginners???

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on which Indian restaurant here in town, makes the best bhindi masala?

My nephew absolutely loves all thing trains: locomotives, crossings, tracks etc)

They’ll be visiting for a couple of weeks, and have asked if the trains that come through town are on any sort of schedule?

Any help would be appreciated!

Edit: hey guys i just wanted to say thankyou to you all for the comments i really appreciate it, have a good ski season

So i know whats recommended but im more looking for whats possible and if anyone has done this, i have really good winter tires also brand new although not studded and getting a new vehicle is unfortunately out of the question.

So has anyone here regularly made the trip up to silver star with a front wheel drive vehicle (2 wheel drive)? And if so were/are your tires studded or non studded?

Also to end it off for anyone concerned i will say ive made about 20 trips back and forth to peace river alberta in winter in a front wheel drive vehicle with no issues aswell as 20 years of experience driving in the snow, not trying to sound cocky more just letting you know im not just starting out.

Thankyou guys and have a good day.

I might be the only one lmao

Hi I was wondering if anyone here knows the avg monthly cost to live at Heron Grove. Trying to help a senior find a more suitable place where they can get the care they need.

Are there any in vernon? Mental health groups mostly. Finding going into winter rough this year.

Is there a decent establishment for dancing in Vernon? In our 40’s and looking for a more mature crowd.

And how much they cost? TIA!

As title says. Looking for peace and quiet. No more than an hour out of town. A nice view is a plus..

I enjoy just parking and sitting. Listening to old pre war radio re runs. Smoking a cheap rez dart.

Seems like every side road leads to some big property. I'm still new in town so I'll take anything. You can PM me if you don't wanna share your spot to a comment.

Don't worry, I don't kiss and tell :p