Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

A cultural facility in Kelowna will become more accessible, though the work to do so will cause some disruptions. The City of Kelowna said an accessibility project at the Okanagan Heritage Museum will...

Police are investigating a bus crash in Kelowna Tuesday evening that caused minor injuries to some passengers. RCMP said a transit bus travelling east on Springfield Road left the roadway, collided wi...

Okanagan College (OC) has a new faculty member who is bringing almost two decades of experience into the role. The OC announced Patrena Mackie is the college’s new Dean of Health and Social Deve...

The Regional District fo Central Okanagan has increased its outdoor watering restrictions. Effective as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, all six water systems in the RDCO were under Stage 3 water restricti...

The City of West Kelowna has been included in the third round of the province’s housing target program. Under the initiative, West Kelowna was tasked with building 2,266 new housing units within...

The downward trend of illicit toxic drug deaths in Vernon has come to an end. The B.C. Coroners Service reported a combined eight illicit toxic drug deaths in Vernon during May and June this year. Loc...

Power production and capacity capabilities in Vernon and the Southern Interior are getting a boost. The B.C. Government will invest a total of $5.8 billion in capital spending for energy infrastructur...

The RCMP have launched an investigation into a Southern Interior plane crash. Officers responded to a report of a plane that crashed two kilometres north of the Merritt Highway, east of Highway 5A, at...

The university in Kelowna will be home to a new battery innovation centre. The B.C. Government pledged $2 million, through its Innovation Clean Energy (ICE) fund, to establish a facility aimed at rese...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s top doctor says she is ending the public health emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry sa...