Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

The Kelowna Rockets are making a major change in their radio play-by-play rights. After spending the last 23 years associated with Bell Media’s AM 1150, the Western Hockey League team has finali...

Gary Sumner has some stories to tell — and the pictures to go with those. Sumner is a North Okanagan resident who was a freelance photographer In the late 70’s while in his 20’s. He ...

Chase RCMP, B.C. Highway Patrol and B.C. Coroners Service are investigating a collision in the Shuswap that claimed three lives. On Tuesday, July 5, RCMP were called to assist B.C. Emergency Health Se...

A recreational vehicle and truck were destroyed in an overnight fire at the Evely forestry campsite on the west side of Okanagan Lake. “It came in as a report of a brush fire. I believe somebody...

A memorial ride will be held this Sunday for a Lake Country teenager who died in a crash north of the Kelowna Airport last month. 18-year-old Tavin Hansom was killed June 23 when his motorbike collide...

UPDATE: 3:30 p.m. Highway 1 in the crash area west of Sorrento is now single lane alternating traffic with delays.   UPDATE – #BCHwy1 vehicle incident at Little River Rd between #Squilax an...

The Kelowna Rockets announced their regular-season 2022-23 away schedule today, the club previously announced their home schedule on June 23. Click here for the schedule. Following their home opener o...

A tire that came loose from a trailer on Highway 1 caused the death of a motorcycle driver near Revelstoke. The incident happened on the afternoon of Sunday, July 3, 34 kilometres west of Revelstoke. ...

The BC General Employees Union, one of the largest unions representing public sector workers in British Columbia, says talks with the government have broken down. A statement from the union says negot...

Nearly ten-thousand members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union are voting this week on whether to accept a new collective agreement or issue strike notice against the 28 Real Canadian Sup...