Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

One of four nominees, including one from the North Okanagan, will be selected to represent the B.C. United party in the next provincial election. The former B.C. Liberal Party will have its candidate ...

The City of Kelowna has introduced traffic pattern changes at H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre which it says will create safer, unobstructed routes for pedestrians, motorists, and transit vehicles. The ...

Existing partnerships between Interior Health, the North Okanagan Shuswap Regional Hospital District, and several other Interior regional hospital districts (RHD) are being enhanced. RHDs are presente...

Police and a search and rescue team came to the assistance of a driver who got stuck in the snow northwest of Peachland. RCMP received a 911 call from a man stranded with his truck near the Brenda Lak...

An evacuation order remains in place for 25 homes in Penticton due to due to an unstable rock embedded in a cliff above the Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Park. The city says crews continue work on devel...

Local entrepreneur Jason Friesen and Voyager RV Centre are this year's recipients of the Walter Paseka Memorial Canadian RV Dealer of the Year award for 2023. The award was announced as part of the an...

The City of Kelowna is putting proposed changes to its short term rental rules on hold until more is known about what the province plans to do. The decision was made after a four-hour public hearing o...

The leader of B.C.’s official opposition is criticizing the NDP’s CleanBC plan following the release of a study that shows the potential for negative economic impacts. The Business Council...

Police went undercover to arrest a man they say is a well-known shoplifter in Kelowna. Members of the RCMP's Community Safety Unit donned plain clothes on Nov. 15 in a local retail store that has been...

The Liberal government’s fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it while pledging to keep deficits in check. F...