Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Big White has pushed back opening day once again - this time to Thursday, December 7. The slopes were set to welcome skiers today, but not enough snow fell over the weekend. The hill is in need of abo...

The Rutland Health Centre (RHC) has reopened its doors at a new location. Services are now accessible at 285 Aurora Cres, Suite 102 in Kelowna. The former location closed in August after a fire that c...

A Quebec man died after going missing while snowmobiling near Revelstoke. RCMP say the 27-year-old was snowmobiling with a group on Boulder Mountain on Saturday, Dec. 2 when he became separated. He wa...

An online fundraiser has been launched for one of the three Thompson Rivers University (TRU) men's volleyball players who were involved in a car crash last week in Kamloops. According to organizer Cou...

Environment Canada has issued a number of weather warnings and advisories as a new milder, wetter weather system moves in. The agency said an atmospheric river will reach B.C. today, which is expected...

Southeastern B.C. did not see any change to drought conditions on a weekly basis. The B.C. River Forecast Centre reported the Okanagan Basin was still ranked at Drought Level 2 as of Thursday, Nov. 30...

The local joblessness rate continues to set positive records. Statistics Canada reported the unadjusted unemployment rate for the Thompson-Okanagan, which includes Vernon, fell to 3.1 per cent in Nove...

Classical music lovers will want to be at the Vernon Community Music School on Sunday Dec. 10 for a special holiday event. That’s when the award-winning Kelowna-based singing group Candesca perf...

Organizations undertaking water projects in the Okanagan can apply for some additional funding. The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has opened applications for it’s Water Conservation and Qual...

RCMP in the Okanagan are urging parents and caregivers to have conversations with their children about the dangers of sextortion in the wake of the recent suicide of a 12-year-old boy in Prince George...