Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

The Ellison Fire Department is accepting applications for paid-on-call firefighters, inviting community members to join a team that responds to emergencies and provides first medical response services...

Big White snowboarder Tess Critchlow will miss the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina due to injury, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Snowboard confirmed Monday. Critchlow, 30, had b...

Households across the Central Okanagan are receiving pink recycling boxes in advance of an expanded curbside program. The program is set to officially begin May 1, 2026. Recycle BC is taking over coll...

Police say no criminal activity is suspected following a sudden death at Bertram Creek Regional Park over the weekend. Kelowna RCMP called Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) and the BC Coroner...

The latest credit card scam being reported by potential victims in Kelowna involves a pretty colourful story. The would-be scammer pretends to be from a bank and tells the victim their credit card has...

Kelowna RCMP officers issued more than 150 tickets during a targeted speed and distracted driving blitz in local school zones on Tuesday. The eight-hour campaign, led by the Municipal Traffic Unit, fo...

A new non-stop air link between the Okanagan and the nation's capital is set to begin this spring. Kelowna International Airport and Porter Airlines announced direct service between Kelowna and Ottawa...

A Kelowna man has just cashed in a huge pre-Christmas present: A $31 jackpot from the Lotto Max draw on September 23, 2025 that he bought on BCLC's PlayNow.com. It’s safe to say Ingo Abresch is ...

A Lumby man will be forced to spend almost 24 full months on house arrest following an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Eric James Canel plead guilty to three firearm-related...

Environment Canada is warning that snow could fall on the highways connecting the Interior and the coast. The weather agency issued a special weather statement, saying that a pacific frontal system mo...