Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue were kept busy over the B.C. Day long weekend. The call-outs included helping a disoriented mountain biker on the Kettle Valley Railway Saturday “The rider had...

Patients from around the Interior Health region are expected to benefit from a new interventional radiology suite at Kelowna General Hospital. The new facility, which cost $9.6 million, is designed to...

A traffic stop led to the seizure of suspected cocaine and methamphetamine in Kelowna. On the night of Aug. 1, a RCMP officer pulled over a white pickup truck near the intersection of Highway 33 and M...

There was a police standoff at a condo at Gordon Drive and Cook Road Monday afternoon (Aug. 7). RCMP closed off the area and requested people stay away while they dealt with a person inside. About 5:3...

Crews with the BC Wildfire Service faced a busy long weekend as the number of active wildfires in the province jumped above 400, including 34 reported Monday. The wildfire service says more than 200 o...

A tragic incident has claimed the life of a teenager in Penticton. RCMP say two jet ski watercraft collided in the middle of Skaha Lake around 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug 4. Four young people sustained seri...

BC Wildfire crews are building a new fire guard to help protect North Shuswap communities should the Lower East Adams Lake Wildfire continue to grow in that direction. The Columbia Shuswap Regional Di...

Summer is normally a slow time in the real estate industry, and that trend is showing no signs of change this year. The Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) says home sales cooled down in July. A to...

Police say one person died in a single vehicle crash in Kelowna Thursday night (Aug. 3). Officers say the vehicle involved in the incident on Springfield Road at Quigley Road, caught fire. “The ...

RCMP are investigating two recent incidents of drones being flown near Kelowna International Airport (YLW). The first one was around 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 27 where a personal drone was being flown ...