Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

One of the contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party will make stops in Vernon and Kelowna this weekend. Pierre Poilievre will be at the Schubert Centre in Vernon on Saturday, April 9 at...

B.C. Premier John Horgan has tested positive for COVID-19. Horgan is not sure where he may have got the virus from, but says he is fully vaccinated and feeling okay. The 62-year-old Horgan, who had ra...

Spring may have arrived a few weeks ago, but some severe winter winter is on the way for B.C.’s Coquihalla region. A special weather statement for heavy snowfall has been issued for that highway...

April 1 marks the official start of wildfire season in B.C. and the Kamloops Fire Centre is gearing up with new recruits, preparing for the upcoming shift to year-round service. Through April and May,...

An Okanagan man is facing charges following an investigation into an assault which occurred at a West Kelowna restaurant. On Sunday, March 27, RCMP responded to a report of an assault which had occurr...

Tourism in Kelowna improved last year, and the numbers in 2022 should be even better. A report from Tourism Kelowna said the area’s tourism industry posted gains in 2021 compared to 2020 but rem...

The three MLAs for the Kelowna area are proposing a new riding for the fast-growing region after the next election. “Your local MLAs have crunched some numbers and will be proposing to the Briti...

First Nations, Inuit and Mtis residential school survivors, knowledge keepers, elders, and youth have wrapped up meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican with a historic apology. The delegation was t...

An Okanagan member of parliament is among those calling on the Liberal government to freeze the automatic escalator tax increase on alcohol excise duties that takes effect today (April 1). Tracy Gray,...

VICTORIA - Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province is preparing to provide an update this Tuesday on potentially making a fourth COVID-19 dose available to vulnerable people in British Columbia. ...