Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

British Columbia’s transportation ministry says an “intense spring storm” is poised to hit a 150 km stretch of Highway in the southeastern part of the province. DriveBC issued a trav...

Fire crews responded to a fire at a highrise apartment building in the 1000 block of Sunset Drive in Kelowna around 1:30 a.m Saturday. While the trucks were en route, it was confirmed that there was a...

It didn’t take long for the Bait Bike program to find a “winner” in Kelowna. RCMP say one of their bait bikes was stolen on the first day of the operation for the fourth straight yea...

Interior Health has issued a drug alert for a substance seen in Kelowna recently. The health authority said the light blue substance, which can be either chunky or a powder, is being sold as “do...

Fewer respiratory viruses in B.C. have allowed health officials to lift restrictions in long-term care, assisted living and health care facilities, effective immediately. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial ...

A project led by Kelowna RCMP's Community Safety Unit saw members break up a group of intoxicated youths, seizing a weapon and alcohol in the process. The initiative on Friday, March 31, began with pl...

The local region's unemployment rate increased last month. Statistics Canada reports the unadjusted unemployment rate for the Thompson-Okanagan economic area was 4.7 per cent in March 2023. That marke...

Two Vernon Senior Secondary (VSS) Panther football players are scrambling after Simon Fraser University sacked it’s football program earlier this week. “I am saddened to share that we are ...

Crews are responding to a 250 millimeter (10 inch) water main break at the corner of Water Street and Boyce Crescent in Kelowna this morning (Apr. 6). “There is extensive damage to the roadway a...

The Kelowna Rockets aren't often eliminated in four straight games in a playoff series. Shaking hands with the opposition at centre ice at its conclusion at Prospera Place is even rarer. The Rockets' ...