Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

The B.C. government has used International Women’s Day to announce more details about its new program to provide free contraceptives. The province will implement a universal coverage plan starti...

A regional park in the Central Okanagan that was shut down last month due to cougar activity, has been reopened to visitors. Goats Peak Regional Park in West Kelowna was given clearance to open again ...

The federal government is investing in a group that supports the mental health of Canadian farmers. The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing (CCAW) is receiving a federal investment of $168,440....

Travel hounds and job seekers will both find something of interest this Saturday at Kelowna International Airport (YLW), with the annual travel show and a job fair for employment at the airport. The S...

Home sales in the Okanagan are still slower than last year, but they are picking up. The Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) says a total of 831 residential unit sales were recorded across its regi...

Police in West Kelowna say they have taken a dangerous motorcycle driver off the road after an investigation that lasted almost a month. RCMP say two motorcycles were seen travelling at a high rate of...

UPDATE: March 16, 2023 RCMP say one of the people struck by a vehicle in Salmon Arm on March 8, has died of the injuries. The incident remains under investigation, as independent evidence is obtained....

A B.C.-based road safety group is reminding people to be prepared for the time change. Clocks ‘spring ahead’ this Sunday, March 12, resulting in some drivers being more fatigued due to the...

Police are encouraging parents to be more aware of what their teenaged kids are doing online. The advice comes from the RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) in Kelowna which has arrested two ...

Police are looking for a thief who stole items from a Kelowna cemetery. On Feb. 15, 2023, the RCMP was notified of the theft of 20 wall-mounted bronze bud vases, taken from the Kelowna Memorial Park C...