Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for an Okanagan resident who hasn’t been in contact with his family for nearly two months. Taren (Terry) Ray Lacey, 60, was last heard from on J...

Players with local ties will hit the gridiron Wednesday for the 2022 Kalamalka Bowl. The game between the UBC Thunderbirds and Calgary Dinos will feature a dozen players from the area in the exhibitio...

An apartment unit in Kelowna broke out in flames Monday morning. Kelowna Regional Dispatch Centre received an alarm from a four-storey building in the 1700 block of Ethel Street at around 10:30 a.m. T...

A union representing thousands of provincial government workers in British Columbia has escalated job action with a ban on overtime. B.C. General Employees’ Union president Stephanie Smith says ...

Kids building a fire in the bush in Kelowna’s Glenmore area saw a quick response from the Kelowna Fire Department Sunday night. It was about 200 feet up a hill at the end of Ballou Road and grew...

RCMP are investigating a fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision in West Kelowna. On Friday, August 19 at around 5:40 p.m. RCMP, responded to a the single vehicle collision on Horizon Road in West Kelowna ...

UPDATE: 12:30 p.m. Aug. 20, 2022 The wildfire in Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park south of Vernon is now under control. Coldstream Fire Department on scene at Cosens Creek fire in Kal Lake Provincial Pa...

Kelowna Community Theatre has opened its own in-house box office just in time for its 60th anniversary season. Starting today, Aug. 19, theatregoers can purchase tickets for upcoming events through th...

Kelowna RCMP is investigating an assault of a woman in the downtown core. On Thursday, Aug. 18, a General Duty RCMP Officer on patrol was stopped by a group of citizens who were concerned for a woman ...

Joe Rich Fire Rescue is looking to hire some new members. The department, located east of Kelowna on Highway 33, is in need of new members to assist with first medical response and fire suppression se...