Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

The Provincial Health Officer’s orders on bars, restaurants and events have been extended to February 16. “This will apply to the closures we have right now at bars and nightclubs; limitat...

A man has been charged with arson in connection with a recent fire that destroyed a home in Coldstream. The fire at a residence on Hawthorne Place, north of Buchanan Road, broke out Friday, Jan. 14 ar...

The Coquihalla Highway will reopen to regular vehicle traffic starting Wednesday, January 19. The highway was forced to close in November due to damage caused by floods and landslides, and was able to...

UPDATE: 11:15 a.m. Reports suggests this afternoon’s B.C. Covid-19 update will bring good news for some of the businesses impacted by the health restrictions. Global News says the health ministr...

Conservation officers are warning the public after a cougar lunged at a man walking his dog at Mission Creek Regional Park in Kelowna. The man was walking his leashed, large-breed dog Sunday night whe...

A garage at a residence in Kelowna’s Black Mountain area was damaged in a fire Monday afternoon. Kelowna Fire crews responded to the residence in the 1000 block of Bramble Court at approximately...

Kelowna council has approved the general plans to guide redevelopment of the Parkinson Recreation Centre, a 50-year-old facility that the city says is in poor condition, inefficient and undersized. &#...

COVID-19 continues to take its toll on British Columbians. A total of 22 COVID-linked deaths were recorded over the weekend, including four in the Interior. To date, a total of 2,490 British Columbian...

Two men with a keen eye for art made one of the shortest, unwelcome, and expensive visits to Gallery 421 in Kelowna in the wee hours of Saturday morning. In the span of just four minutes, the thieves ...

A free play paid off for an Okanagan resident. Anne Schmiedel of Summerland couldn’t believe it after learning her free play for the Lotto 6/49 draw on December 15, 2021 resulted in her winning ...