Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

UPDATE: 12:00 p.m. March 10 While one company is predicting gasoline prices in Canada will decrease soon, another report is forecasting just the opposite. A story from The Canadian Press said gas cost...

British Columbia’s public health officer will hold a COVID-19 update today after indicating earlier this month that more restrictions could be lifted by mid-March. Dr. Bonnie Henry said last wee...

The Interior again was home to the most new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. There were 84 new cases identified in the Interior, with Island Health having the second highest new case figure at 77. A total of...

A Kamloops rancher is suing Interior Health and a pair of surgeons in Vernon after they operated on the wrong ankle. According to a Notice of Civil Claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Julie Alison Reid...

Kelowna RCMP are searching for the suspect involved in an alleged robbery in late February. Mounties say a male suspect entered the gas station in the 700 block of Harvey Avenue in Kelowna at approxim...

The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is calling of the B.C. government to bolster the Invasive Mussel Program (IMP). The call comes as boating season approaches and COVID-19 restrictions are being ea...

A woman described as an “inspiration to not-for-profit leaders throughout the Okanagan” has been named Business Leader of the Year 2021 by the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. The chamber says...

UPDATE: 6:00 p.m. March 9 A weapons compliant was the reason for a police incident in Kelowna today. RCMP officers responded a report of that at a residence in the 600-block area of Leguime Road aroun...

The RCMP is encouraging kids to submit names for police dog puppies in the annual Name the Puppy contest. The RCMP’s Police Dog Service Training Centre has 13 German Shepherd puppies that need n...

A panel of experts organized by the B.C. Coroners Service is urging the government to take action to prevent more deaths from toxic drugs. The panel is calling for increased access to a safe drug supp...