Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

COVID-19 cases are falling in Greater Vernon, Interior Health and British Columbia on a weekly basis. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) stated that Greater Vernon had nine reported cases of ...

The chief of the Westbank First Nation (WFN) has resigned over disagreements with the band’s council. Christopher Derickson said in a news release, he was forced into the decision due to what he...

The Kelowna Rockets will play five pre-season games to kick off the 2022-23 Western Hockey League season. Kelowna will open on the road against the Kamloops Blazers at the Sandman Centre on September ...

A remuneration task force is recommending future members of West Kelowna council get pay raises. The city said the committee ‘s research determined that the mayor and council have been under com...

Permanent repairs to flood-damaged sections of the Coquihalla (Highway 5) and Highway 1 will get underway this summer. The contract for development and early construction work on sections of the Coqui...

Class 2 e-bike riders will be allowed back on the Okanagan Rail Trail. The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) passed a resolution on Wednesday, June 15, to include the use of the electric bicy...

Interior Health is adding new evening and weekend vaccine clinics to provide easy access for parents to get their kids vaccinated against COVID-19. "Vaccines for children are safe and effective and I ...

Canada's highest level of amateur football is coming to the Vernon area this summer. The newly formed Kalamalka Bowl Society in Vernon has confirmed the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds wil...

RCMP are looking to return some important historical and personal items to their rightful owners. On January 7, 2022, Kelowna RCMP officers located a Canadian discharge certificate from World War I an...

Kelowna RCMP is asking the public for help locating a missing woman. Chelsea Cardno, a 31-year-old Kelowna woman, was reported missing Tuesday, June 14 after leaving her residence on Dougall Road Sout...