Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

It could be a wild weather day in the Okanagan and other parts of B.C. Environment Canada has issued two weather alerts, warning of adverse and potentially damaging weather today (June 13). A special ...

How about a little wine with your music! Rock the Lake and Okanagan Wine Festivals have announced a new partnership for Kelowna's most anticipated summer event Aug. 11-13. Alongside Rock the Lake's in...

Bryan Adams has added extra dates to his return to Canada, the So Happy It Hurts Tour. The tour now features additional shows across the west coast, specifically in cities across British Columbia and ...

The Calgary Flames have named Ryan Huska as the 24th head coach in franchise history. The former Kelowna Rockets coach has spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach on the Flames bench. Huska,...

Just after the Pigeon Creek wildfire near Peachland was classified as under control, another one in the Central Okanagan sparked next to a road near Bear Creek Park Sunday, June 11. However quick acti...

This does not bode well for the wildfire season. The snowpack in the Okanagan is virtually at zero percent of normal according to the latest report from the River Forecast Centre. It’s attribute...

A community leader has been honoured for his efforts to protect and preserve natural spaces. The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) paid tribute to Robert Hobson by renaming the Environmenta...

The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) says a recent report by the B.C. government on the economic impact of zebra and quagga mussels in provincial waterways, is “deeply troubling” and fail...

The local labour force statistics moved in the wrong directions in May. Statistics Canada reported the unadjusted unemployment rate for the Thompson-Okanagan economic region was 4.8 per cent in May. T...

RCMP in Kelowna are investigating the suspicious deaths of two people in the Upper Mission area. Police received a 911 call around 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 8, from a residence in the 400 block of Swan...