Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

The B.C. Wildfire Service is predicting the current wildfire season will last at least another month. Conditions remain warm and dry through much of the province, and the forecast for September shows ...

Campfires are still not allowed in all Central Okanagan municipalities and electoral area fire service areas. While the Kamloops Fire Centre announced it will lift its campfire ban on Friday, the Cent...

The preliminary findings from Statistics Canada show that building permit values in B.C. rose in July. StatCan data shows that an estimated $2.2 billion was collected in building permits during the mo...

Health officials expect B.C. residents will be able to get the new bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine by later this month or in October. The Moderna vaccine is the first to target both the original str...

Unionized transit workers in the Cental Okanagan could walk off the job as early as tomorrow. FirstGroup, BC Transit's service contractor in the Central Okanagan, received 72-hour notice from their em...

The body of a missing man was found in Okanagan Lake Tuesday (Aug. 30). Kelowna RCMP’s Dive Team located the body approximately 38 metres offshore in the McKinley Beach area. The man, whose name...

Young people discharging fireworks is believed to be the cause of a fire in Kelowna Tuesday night. The Kelowna Fire Department received multiple 911 calls around 10 p.m. about a cedar hedge on fire ne...

The new fire chief for the North Westside Fire Rescue department (NWFR) is a familiar face in the community. Ross Kotscherofski has been appointed NWFR chief and begins his duties today, Aug. 31. He b...

Police in Kelowna have arrested a suspect in multiple business break and enters. Kelowna RCMP Community Safety Unit (CSU) officers were conducting a proactive patrol in the downtown core in the early ...

A volunteer program that connects new immigrants to the library and the community is coming to the Okanagan. The Library Champions Program, which originated in the Lower Mainland, is expanding through...