Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

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...

A sledder was taken to hospital with serious injuries after possibly hitting a tree in the Kingfisher Creek area along the Owlhead Snowmobile Trail in the Shuswap. Sicamous RCMP say a 46-year-old man ...

The Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival this summer will be headlined by a 12-time Juno and three- time Grammy award winner. The preliminary lineup for the 31st annual festival has been announced, wit...

While they are the Greater Vernon BC Winter Games, winter weather is not required for the fast approaching provincial event to be a success. And that’s a good thing as there is currently very li...

British Columbia saw a decline in building permit values in January 2023. Statistics Canada reports B.C. brought in $1.7 billion in building permits in January, down 9.6 per cent from the $1.9 billion...

The Transportation Safety Board is investigating an engine fire that led to a WestJet flight making an emergency landing at Kelowna International Airport (YLW) Thursday afternoon (March 2). The De Hav...

UPDATE: 5 p.m. March 4, 2023 Drive BC says the Coquihalla Highway has reopened OPEN – #BCHwy5 both directions between #HopeBC & #Merritt after avalanche control. #Coquihalla #Kamloops &mdash...

RCMP in Kelowna and in West Kelowna are under investigation by the province’s police oversight agency. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. has opened two investigations into serious ha...

British Columbia is getting a boost to train, recruit and retain French teachers, including supports for local education opportunities. The federal government and provincial government are each provid...

New faces will be joining the Kelowna Chamber Board as its Annual General Meeting draws near. Incoming Chamber chair-elect Dan Price announced the new board of directors for the coming year, following...