Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna
COVID-19 cases decline but hospitalizations rising in the interior
The Interior saw COVID-19 deaths and decline on a weekly basis, but hospitalizations rose. The weekly report from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) stated there were 130 cases of COVID-19, 4...
Dec 30, 2022
UPDATE: Kelowna RCMP involved in two incidents in Rutland area
Mounties in Kelowna were involved in two cases at Rutland area residences that lasted several hours Thursday. At approximately 9 a.m. on Dec. 29 Kelowna RCMP spotted a white Ford Escape matching a des...
Dec 30, 2022
Noah, Olivia most popular baby names in B.C.
Previously popular baby names appear to have again topped the charts in B.C. in 2022. Vital Statistics states preliminary data puts Noah as the most popular name for boys and Olivia as the most popula...
Dec 30, 2022
Police presence in Rutland area
Kelowna RCMP have been in the Rutland area for several hours responding to an undisclosed call. Mounties responded to the scene in the 100 block of Cactus Road around 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, and cl...
Dec 29, 2022
B.C. bus crash probe to look at earlier incident too, amid questions over icy road
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s transportation minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering an...
Dec 27, 2022
Bus victim leaves family in India, questions over bad road conditions
Kalwinder Singh was supposed to meet up with his cousin, Karanjot Singh Sodhi, for a family celebration to ring in the new year. Instead, Singh will be picking up the remains of his relative who died ...
Dec 27, 2022
With trust eroding in RCMP, some call for force to be rebuilt
Harry Bond is blunt in his assessment of the RCMP’s role on the night his mother and father died in the Nova Scotia mass shooting - and of the force’s potential to reform in the future. &#...
Dec 26, 2022
UPDATE: Four confirmed deaths in bus crash near Merritt
UPDATE: 12:30 p.m. RCMP say four people died in a passenger bus rollover on Highway 97C east of Merritt. Multiple other passengers were injured, with Interior Health saying 52 people were taken to hos...
Dec 25, 2022
UPDATE: Two dead in highway crash north of Vernon
UPDATE: Dec. 27, 2022 Two people died in a highway crash on Christmas Eve in the North Okanagan. On Saturday, Dec. 24, police were notified of a two vehicle collision in the 3700-block of Highway 97A ...
Dec 24, 2022
Stabbing in Penticton now a homicide
RCMP are investigating a stabbing earlier this month in Penticton as a homicide after the victim died as a result of his injuries. It was believed earlier the victim was expected to survive, however, ...
Dec 24, 2022