Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Recalls have been issued for several models of travel trailers. Health Canada reports interior cooktop burners on select Jayco, Starcraft, and Highland Ridge products could be affected by the operatio...

Flair Airlines has announced plans to launch Kelowna to Toronto service next summer. The discount airline says one-way flights will start June 9, 2023, costing $75 initially, but rising to $146 one we...

The executive director of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce is now part of the leadership group for a national business organization. Dan Rogers was appointed to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Board o...

The Kelowna Rockets have placed captain Colton Dach in concussion protocol. Dach, a draft pick of the Chicago Blackhawks, left Saturday night’s game against the Everett Silvertips after being hi...

A Kelowna resident is planning to live it up a bit more after winning $500,000 in a Lotto Max Extra draw. Bryon Treasure - who enjoys road trips to Vancouver in his spare time - was at a friend's hous...

Colin Basran is out, and Tom Dyas is in as Kelowna’s new mayor. Dyas posted a decisive victory over two-term mayor Basran, garnering 62.2 per cent of the votes (21,110) to Basran’s 10,821 ...

The District of Lake Country is going to be mostly composed of new faces. Preliminary results of the 2022 General Local Election shows two incumbents and four newcomers have been elected to Lake Count...

The City of West Kelowna has some newcomers joining council, however the mayor’s seat isn’t changing hands. Gord Milsom was re-elected as mayor with 4,410 (79.8 per cent) of the votes cast...

UPDATE: 1:30 p.m. Oct. 16, 2022 RCMP have confirmed that a collision on Westside Road Saturday morning resulted in the death of one person. Police say on Oct. 15, at approximately 11:45 a.m., West Kel...

UPDATE: Oct 15, 2022 The B.C. Wildfire Service says the West Kettle River wildfire southeast of Kelowna is classified as being held. The fire size is estimated at 6.7 hectares, and at last report was ...