Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

UPDATE: 7:35 p.m. Today, over 600 properties were downgraded from evacuation order to evacuation alert in Lake Country, in parts of West Kelowna, and for Westbank Frist Nation IR#10. There are no long...

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District says 131 homes and other structures have been destroyed by wildfires in the Shuswap region. Information officer Erick Thompson said the damage assessment for the...

The Glenmore Landfill in Kelowna will reopen to public waste management on Monday, Aug. 28, which will be 10 days after it was in flames. The landfill was evacuated on Friday, August 18 as the Clifton...

Kelowna International Airport (YLW) is almost back to normal as far as commercial flights getting in and out. Airport management says the majority of Transport Canada's airspace restrictions to allow ...

A campaign has been launched to help people affected by the recent fires in the Central Okanagan. The West Kelowna Professional Firefighter Charitable Society, Kelowna Professional Firefighters Charit...

The numbers are starting to go down, but as of Friday morning (Aug. 25), more than 4,000 properties in the Central Okanagan were still on evacuation order de to the wildfires. The emergency operations...

After a week-long closure, the Trans Canada Highway through the Shuswap has reopened this morning (Aug. 25). OPEN #BCHwy1 – Traffic is now able to get through in both directions between #ChaseBC...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the Okanagan to meet with firefighters, volunteers and officials involved in the area’s wildfire fight. He started the day at the Westbank First Nation, discu...

All City of Kelowna properties previously under evacuation order have been downgraded to alert status. Current evacuation orders and alerts for Lake Country and West Kelowna, Westbank First Nation and...

As the Clifton McKinley wildfire in Kelowna is now held, the Emergency Operations Centre is working to get City of Kelowna residents home as soon as possible. Fire chief Travis Whiting told the Thursd...