Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna
Ottawa providing $31.5M for hundreds of new housing units in Kelowna
The federal government and the City of Kelowna have announced an agreement to fast track an additional 950 housing units over the next three years. The deal, under the Housing Accelerator Fund, will p...
Oct 25, 2023
Dozens of WHL players on Central Scouting’s watch list for 2024 NHL Draft
More than 60 players from the Western Hockey League have been named to NHL Central Scouting's 'Preliminary Players to Watch' List for the 2024 NHL Draft. The list includes centre Tij Iginla of Lake Co...
Oct 25, 2023
Rodent problems increasing in Vernon, Okanagan
Rats and mice have been causing more and more issues in Vernon and throughout the Okanagan Valley. Matthew Wright, Manager of Orkin Canada’s Interior South branch, told Vernon Matters there have...
Oct 25, 2023
Two Interior MLAs seeking re-election, veteran Kelowna rep stepping down
A pair of B.C. United MLAs in the Interior will have their names on the ballot of the next provincial election, but one serving the Okanagan will be retiring. The party announced that Doug Clovechok o...
Oct 25, 2023
New flight path on radar for YLW
A new flight path for planes arriving at Kelowna International Airport (YLW) is in the works. “YLW is working with Nav Canada to introduce a new Required Navigation Performance Authorization Req...
Oct 24, 2023
Kelowna starts process to limit short-term rentals
Kelowna Council has started the process of further regulating short-term rentals in the city. The zoning bylaw changes would remove STRs as a permitted secondary use from all zones unless the zone exp...
Oct 24, 2023
Golfing at Predator Ridge with music great
A local businessman and foundation president got a chance to get to know a Canadian music legend and find out more about one of his best-known songs. Sherman Dahl was at Predator Ridge for the resort&...
Oct 24, 2023
Pedestrian collision investigated
RCMP have been investigating two related incidents that happened in Rutland Saturday afternoon. Very few details have been released but as a result of the second incident, which involved a vehicle, a ...
Oct 23, 2023
Man with machete arrested inside store
Police had to use a Taser to subdue a suspect who allegedly was brandishing a machete in a Penticton business. RCMP say on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 10:50 a.m., officers responded to a report of a man yie...
Oct 20, 2023
OBWB to recommend actions to prevent invasive mussel outbreaks
A call for action will be issued to protect local waterways from invasive mussels. With quagga mussels found in Idaho recently, which sparked concern from the mayor of Vernon, the Okanagan Basin Water...
Oct 20, 2023