Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

A small fire was discovered in the Regional District of Central Okanagan Thursday afternoon, while one in the North Okanagan is no longer at risk of spreading. The B.C.Wildfire Service (BCWS) reported...

British Columbia remains at a high risk of wildfires as drought conditions are ongoing and not expected to ease any time soon. “We continue to experience a serious drought that may worsen into t...

The cooler, wetter weather seen over the past week through much of British Columbia is expected to come to an end in the coming days. “Starting this weekend, we are expecting higher than normal ...

A water quality advisory, originally issued in May, has been upgraded to a boil water notice (BWN) for part of West Kelowna. The notice covers the Sunnyside/Pritchard service area, and is in effect un...

RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for a more than 180-year old violin that was recently stolen in Kelowna. The theft of the valuable item is believed to have taken place during the early...

Robbie Robertson, The Band's lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek" mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died W...

An incident outside a Kelowna nightclub last summer that led a man’s death, has now resulted in a charge being laid. Matthew Reimer has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Nicholas Ep...

RCMP are looking for any witnesses to a crash last week in Kelowna that claimed a man’s life. On Thursday, August 3, at around 7:46 p.m., RCMP attended a single vehicle collision at Springfield ...

The family of firefighter Zak Muise, who died last month fighting the Donnie Creek wildfire in B.C.’s northeast, says an outpouring of support has meant a lot to his family ahead of a memorial s...

All evacuation orders have now been lifted around the southern British Columbia community that saw a wildfire burn to its doorstep late last month as flames swept north across the border from Washingt...