Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

RCMP are investigating a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle in Kelowna. On Friday, September 29, at around 3:35 p.m., the Kelowna RCMP responded to a pedestrian struck collision on the 1100 block of Su...

Seas of orange flooded events across the country on Saturday as Canadians gathered to acknowledge systemic oppression of Indigenous people and observe the third annual National Day for Truth and Recon...

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Kelowna General Hospital. Interior Health identified the outbreak in Unit 4A of KGH Thursday, Sept. 28. The health authority told Vernon Matters that, as of Fr...

A man from Vernon is among four suspects who have plead guilty to charges related to a drug trafficking ring. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) launched an in...

The Kelowna Rockets are getting one of their top players back for the Western Hockey League season. The Washington Capitals announced Friday that 18-year-old forward Andrew Cristall has been returned ...

The West Kelowna RCMP said goodbye to the final Crown Vic still being used as a cop car in the Okanagan. Officially known as the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, the four-door sedan was manufac...

All residents displaced by the McDougall Creek wildfire can finally return to their properties. The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre (COEOC) rescinded the remaining evacuation order and en...

A 20-year strategy is being rolled out to improve transportation in the Central Okanagan, but a second crossing of Okanagan Lake is not included. The Central Okanagan Integrated Transportation Strateg...

An upward trend in flu and COVID-19 cases in British Columbia has prompted a renewed requirement to wear masks in all health-care facilities. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the masks ...

With the Glen Lake wildfire now being held, all of the remaining evacuation alerts have been lifted and the local state of emergency for the Regional District of Central Okanagan has ended. The fire, ...