confirm there is only one occupant. Requests for new toilets were first brought to council by the Activate Safety Task Force, in 2018. Initially Vernon planned to leave the facility open 24 hours a day, as is done with almost every city that has installed a Portland Loo, but, in the end, Council decided the facility will only be open from 7am to 9pm. If the new facility proves satisfactory, toilets like it will replace the public toilets near the city's bus station. Notable people Andrew Allen, singer-songwriter Alice Barrett Parke, diarist and pioneer Eric Brewer, Former ice hockey player NHL Leone Caetani, scholar of Islam, father of Sveva Caetani, spent the last years of his life in Vernon. Raquel Cole, country music singer, musician, and songwriter John Denison, a Canadian ice road engineer who operated in the Northwest Territories in the 1950s-1970s. Josh Dueck Won both silver and gold medals at the Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia, as well as a silver medal at the 2010 games in Vancouver. Andrew Ebbett, ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins Lykele Faber, Dutch secret agent during World War II Tracy Garneau, Ultramarathon runner Sonja Gaudet Paralympic Curler, three-time gold medalist, Sonja Gaudet is the world's most decorated wheelchair curler. Eric Godard, professional hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins James Green, professional football player for the Toronto Argonauts Kevin Hill is a Canadian snowboarder. Aaron Hoffman (stage name SonReal) is a hip hop and alternative artist. Krista and Tatiana Hogan, craniopagus conjoined twins Ken Holland, general manager of the Edmonton Oilers Ryan Holmes, CEO of HootSuite Larry Kwong, first Chinese Canadian ice hockey player in the NHL Frederick McCall, WW1 Air Ace. McCall Field was the original name of the Calgary International Airport Vasek Pospisil, tennis player, Wimbledon 2014 men's doubles champion Daniel Powter, singer-songwriter of US Billboard #1 hit song from 2005 Bad Day TJ Schiller, professional skier Jerred Smithson, professional hockey player for the Florida Panthers Raymond Wladichuk, professional football player for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Photo gallery Sister cities Vernon has "sister city" agreements with the following cities: Anandpur Sahib, India Frankenburg am Hausruck, Austria Modesto, United States Saint-Lambert, Canada Tavullia, Italy Tome, Japan Freedom of the City The following People and Military Units have received the Freedom of the City of Vernon. Individuals Kenneth Mark Holland: 26 October 2021. Military Units Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre: 4 August