Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

The B.C. Wildfire Service will be lifting its campfire ban for the Kamloops Fire Centre. The provincial firefighting service stated the cooler wetter weather has improved conditions, allowing for the ...

Kelowna RCMP have arrested a known prolific offender from Alberta. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Kelowna RCMP’s Target Team located a vehicle suspected of recent criminal activity. The vehicle, a blac...

Almost all of the evacuation orders and alerts connected to the McDougall Creek fire have been lifted. The news comes after the BC Wildfire Service reported the five-week-old fire was being held and n...

Police suspect someone is using caller ID spoofing technology after a complaint about scammers calling on the Kelowna RCMP’s non-emergency phone line. The complainant was initially contacted fro...

Traffic will once again be flowing smoothly on Highway 97 in the Central Okanagan. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that, as of noon Friday, Sept. 22, two lanes of Highway 9...

The company that owns Prospera Place is once again floating the idea of putting three high rises where the parking lot is. GSL Group wants to go up to 26 storeys in an area where height is restricted ...

The federal government has introduced legislation to encourage more rental housing be built across Canada and to take the pressure off people at the grocery store. Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime mini...

Five weeks after it started, the McDougall Creek fire near West Kelowna is now classified as being held. That’s a major change from the earlier designation as ‘out of control,’ and c...

The Glen Lake Wildfire is estimated at 763 hectares in size, which is the same as late Monday, and is burning 6 kilometres from Peachland. Emergency crews are anticipating reduced fire behaviour due t...

The Kelowna Rockets have announced their roster as they get set to open the new Western Hockey League season Saturday, Sept. 23. The Rockets, under coach Kris Mallette, will host the Portland Winterha...