Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

VICTORIA - Ambassador to Germany and former British Columbia premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, after his third bout with cancer. Horgan served as B.C.’s New Democrat premier for fiv...

The Central Okanagan Regional District is providing free radon test kits to residents. Working in partnership with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and Interior Health, the RDCO has approximately 4...

Kelowna RCMP were able to stop a dangerous driver who tried to flee from police. Mounties responded to reports of a man driving a black Ford Escape who fled from police and was driving dangerously on ...

The non-partisan agency that oversees provincial elections has more mail-in ballots to count than previously estimated. Elections BC said it estimates there to be 65,000 mail-in ballots in the provinc...

Police in Kelowna are looking for a man suspected of damaging someone’s property. On Sept. 25, Kelowna RCMP responded to a report of mischief in the 2200 block of Harvey Avenue at approximately ...

British Columbians still have a few days to wait to see which party will form the next government. Preliminary counts from the 2024 Provincial General Election had the B.C. NDP leading or winning in 4...

One of the local results of the 2024 Provincial General Election is going to be reviewed. Loyal Woolridge, the NDP Candidate for the Kelowna Centre riding, requested the recount after a transcription ...

Mounties are asking people to be on the lookout for a stolen recreational vehicle. Kelowna RCMP said a white 2000 Ford Coachman with maroon accents was stolen from Hilltown Dr. in the McKinley neighbo...

The North Okanagan saw home sales and benchmark prices increase last month. The Association of Interior Realtors stated there were 105 homes sold for a total of $81.5 million in the North Okanagan in ...

One person was killed in a collision on Highway 97 in West Kelowna on the morning of Oct. 3. RCMP stated a motorcycle and a transport truck collided on the highway near the intersection with Grizzly R...