Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna
Hospital foundation finds new CEO
The Kelowna General Hospital Foundation conducted a nation wide search for its new CEO, but in the end, the successful candidate was already working for the organization. The Board of Directors has an...
Jan 17, 2022
Mobile home damaged by fire
A mobile home on the Westbank First Nation sustained significant damage in an overnight fire. West Kelowna Fire Rescue (WKFR) responded to the blaze in the PineRidge Mobile Home Park just after midnig...
Jan 17, 2022
Truckers call on B.C. government to ensure dangerous highways cleaned
A group representing truck drivers is calling on the B.C. government to ensure highways are cleared of snow and dangerous potholes are fixed or goods will no longer be transported. Ajay Toor, who spea...
Jan 17, 2022
Police standoff ends with man’s arrest
A suspect was apprehended under the Mental Health Act to bring a police incident to an end in Kelowna. Just before noon today., the Kelowna RCMP responded to a report of a distraught man with a weapon...
Jan 16, 2022
RCMP investigate suspicious death in Kelowna park
Police are investigating after a woman’s body was found in a Kelowna park. RCMP was called to a park in the 2100 block of Glenmore Road around 8:30 a.m. today. “When officers arrived, they...
Jan 16, 2022
UPDATE: Crash closes highway south of Vernon
UPDATE: 2:00 p.m. Highway 97 south of Vernon has reopened. No further details about the crash have been released by RCMP. CLEAR – #BCHwy97 Vehicle incident has been cleared between Birnie road a...
Jan 15, 2022
2022 BC Winter Games in Greater Vernon cancelled
The 2022 BC Winter Games In Greater Vernon have been cancelled due to Covid-19 and other factors. The event with over 1,800 participants was scheduled for Feb. 24-27. The Games Society and local organ...
Jan 14, 2022
Tools of dangerous crimes targeted by province
The B.C. government is going after more devices used by criminals for dangerous activities in the drug trade. Under the civil forfeiture program, police will be able to seize radio jammers and after-m...
Jan 14, 2022
Hospitals see more COVID-19 patients as new cases decline
Active COVID-19 cases are down in British Columbia, but hospitalizations have taken a noted jump. The Health Ministry’s Friday report shows 2,275 new infections in the province, down from the 2,...
Jan 14, 2022
Room service: Police bust drug ring based in hotel room
RCMP have arrested a suspect who was allegedly selling drugs out of a Kelowna hotel room. RCMP began an investigation into a drug trafficking operation occurring at a hotel in the 1500-block of Highwa...
Jan 14, 2022