Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Finding a use for surplus apples has been fruitful for a group of students from Okanagan College (OC). The students were named 2022 Enactus National Champion by Enactus Canada, the country's largest p...

Ringo Starr has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the former Beatle to cancel several scheduled concerts in Canada with his All Starr Band, including one in the Okanagan. Five concert dates from T...

More British Columbians being discharged from prison, including those in the Okanagan, will be able to access supports to transition back to every day life. The B.C. government is expanding its Correc...

The Kelowna Rockets got their first regular season win with a 5-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars on Saturday night at the CN Centre in Prince George. The Rockets scored four unanswered goals t...

Premier John Horgan and Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, have issued the following statement on Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: "...

In response to the recent drug poisoning events in the region, Interior Health is reminding people to check their drugs. IH issued a region-wide Drug Poisoning Alert following multiple overdoses, incl...

Travellers through Kelowna International Airport (YLW) will be able to stay in a new luxury hotel in a few years. YLW and The Sutton Place Hotels have announced development plans for a hotel adjacent ...

Police were not buying a story given to them by a driver after a single vehicle crash in Kelowna. Officers were called to East Kelowna Road on Sept. 23 just after 1:30 a.m. Mounties say a westbound ve...

Okanagan College is benefiting from a provincial investment into early childhood education courses. The B.C. government said enrolment in those programs across the province grew by 40 per cent in 2020...

British Columbia is expanding the power of pharmacists to renew and issue prescriptions as part of a wide-ranging strategy to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments. Pharmacists ...