Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Coffee with a Cop returns to Kelowna every Thursday for the rest of the month. This is your chance if you want to have a chat about policing issues, and you don’t have to buy a coffee if you don...

The City of Kelowna and its employees, who are members of CUPE, have a new two-year contract agreement which goes into effect next January 1. It provides for 4 per cent wage increases each year plus a...

A member of the BC United caucus has crossed the floor to join the Conservative Party of B.C. Bruce Banman, the MLA for Abbotsford South, said in a statement the Conservatives are the only party that ...

A federal investigation that led to the discovery of one of the largest drug super-labs in B.C., and the conviction of all six suspects, has wrapped up with the last two suspects being sentenced to 11...

UPDATE: 1 p.m. The number of properties on evacuation order due to the McDougall Creek fire is down to 380 after 25 homes along Westside Road were downgraded to alerts Monday night. And today, emergen...

Kelowna fire crews responded to a structure fire in the 1100 block of Felix Road around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Flames were coming out of the roof of garage when they arrived. “First arriving crews were...

Traffic is once again flowing on Highway 97 north of Summerland, but the going will be slow. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said a single, alternating lane opened as of 6 p.m. Monda...

The Kelowna Rockets have acquired goaltender Jake Pilon from the Edmonton Oil Kings in exchange for the Rockets seventh-round pick in the 2027 WHL Prospects Draft. The 6-foot-3, 194-pound netminder sp...

Police say a dead man was found after a brush fire was put out in Kelowna. On Sept. 10 just before 2 a.m., Kelowna RCMP were contacted by the Kelowna Fire Department to attend a small brush fire off t...

The B.C. government is capping the maximum rent increase at 3.5 per cent for next year. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said that figure is well below the 12-month average inflation rate of 5.6 per cent....