Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

RCMP have released surveillance images of a suspect in what appears to be a senseless and costly case of vandalism. On Friday, April 21, Kelowna RCMP received a complaint from the property manager of ...

A large, mature willow tree will have to be removed from a Kelowna park after vandals set it on fire on Earth Day (April 22). The Kelowna Fire Department responded to the fire at 1:38 p.m. at Pandosy ...

Police say a man suffered serious injuries after a fall from a building in Kelowna On Saturday, April 22, at 7:00 a.m. Kelowna RCMP attended a two-storey apartment building in the 1700 block of Abbott...

UPDATE: RCMP continue to investigate a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian incident which occurred at the West Kelowna Walmart on Louie Drive just after 11:00 a.m. today. An 82-year-old woman was walking ...

Open burning season in the Central Okanagan ends on Sunday, April 30. Until then when conditions allow, all eligible property owners, farmers and other large lot owners with permits from their local f...

Hundreds of local politicians will be converging on Vernon for a conference this week. The city is hosting the 2023 Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) Conference and Annual General...

Users of the Okanagan Rail Trail (ORT) will notice some improvements when they go for a stroll or ride for the first time this spring. The stewardship group, Friends of Okanagan Rail Trail (FORT), say...

B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating an arrest of a man in West Kelowna that resulted in injuries. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. said the West Kelowna RCMP responded to ...

Residents and neighbours used garden hoses to fight a house fire in Kelowna. The first calls to dispatch came in around 9 a.m. Thursday at a home in the 1200 block of Mountainview Street. The fire spr...

Kelowna General Hospital will be able to provide double the current number of medical imaging tests once new equipment has been installed. KGH will see the addition of a new 3T Magnetic Resonance Imag...