Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

The roughly 1,500 residents who get water from the Grainger Road reservoir are no longer under a Do Not Consume notice. The City of Kelowna lifted the notice Wednesday, August 21, after testing by Int...

A new, sophisticated marketplace scam is victimizing people selling items online in the Okanagan. Kelowna RCMP said the new scam sees the fraudster contact a person selling an item online, and offer t...

West Kelowna Fire Rescue continued to battle an industrial fire shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21. Fire Chief Jason Brolund said the fire in an industrial manufacturing building near Stevens an...

Pedestrians and cyclists will not be able to use a section of the Mission Creek Greenway for a few days this week. The Regional District of Central Okanagan says heavy equipment will be laying down co...

The owner of Gatzke Orchard is hoping the dissolvent of the B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative won’t be a long term issue, but encourages other growers in the Okanagan take action to support themselve...

A woman who spent her career fighting to protect and preserve the lakes and rivers in the Okanagan will have her name on the ballot for the fall provincial election. The B.C. NDP named Anna Warwick Se...

A break-in at the reservoir led to a Do Not Consume Water Notice being issued in Kelowna. The city said a person broke into the reservoir on the morning of Monday, August 19, and though there were no ...

An investigation has been launched into a residential break and enter that occurred when two people, including a child, were at the home. West Kelowna RCMP said the break in occurred at a home in the ...

A wildfire that sparked near West Kelowna is suspected of being caused by a downed power line. That’s according to an investigation by the West Kelowna Fire Rescue. The wildfire started shortly ...

People living in areas near where wildfires have burned are advised to be prepared for possible debris flows and landslides. With the overland flooding on Westside Road Friday, August 15, The Regional...