Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Predator Ridge Resort in Vernon is among the companies cutting ties with Hockey Canada. The golf resort and residential community has had a partnership with the embattled national organization since 2...

Having a subcontractor run Kelowna’s bus service could be a thing of the past starting next year. Mayor Colin Basran says he has talked with BC Transit about it possibly taking over 100 per cent...

Voter turnout was strong in Kelowna at the first advanced poll of the 2022 local general election. A total of 1,471 people cast ballots on Wednesday. More advanced voting happens on Oct. 8, 12, 13 and...

RCMP arrested a suspect after a man was assaulted and was bleeding heavily in Kelowna. Officers were called to 100 block of Gray Road early this morning (Oct. 5) after a report of a serious assault. &...

The third annual Better Together Day for JoeAnna’s House will take place Thursday (Oct. 6) at the corner of Royal Ave. and Abbott Street in Kelowna The event will raise funds for the much-needed...

UPDATE: 8:00 a.m. Oct. 5, 2022 The bus driver’s strike in Kelowna will be a short one: just one day. Mayor Colin Basran has announced that both sides agreed to binding arbitration in order to co...

RCMP say a significant quantity of drugs has been taken off the streets after a routine stop by a Kelowna police officer in the city’s downtown core. On Saturday, Oct. 1, the officer stopped a v...

Turning lanes off Highway 97 onto Leckie Road have been enhanced. From July though September, crews installed dual left-turn lanes for southbound traffic and a smart right turn lane for traffic headin...

A store manager worked with police to arrest a B&E suspect in Kelowna. This morning (Oct. 3) around 5:30 a.m., the manager of a business in the 1900 block of Bredin Road called to report a man bre...

Three purse snatchings in Kelowna led police to one suspect. On September 29, RCMP received a call from a 76-year-old woman saying her purse had been stolen from a shopping cart while unloading grocer...