Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna
Man involved in traffic accident found after search in Lake Country
A person involved in a traffic accident who had walked away from the scene was discovered at their Lake Country residence. The man had been driving on Glenmore Rd. late Wednesday night when he lost co...
Dec 02, 2021
COVID-19 numbers in the Interior heading back down
The active COVID-19 case count for the Interior fell to 537 Wednesday, Dec.1, as 69 new cases were confirmed in the region. The new cases were part of 375 across B.C., and as of Wednesday, there were ...
Dec 01, 2021
Warmest Dec. 1 on record for Vernon and Kelowna
The Okanagan is enjoying spring-like weather in December. Today is, by far, the warmest Dec. 1 on record for Vernon, Kelowna and several other Okanagan communities, some which have weather data going ...
Dec 01, 2021
Roster for Canada’s world junior selection camp announced
Hockey Canada has announced the 35 players invited to Canada's National Junior Team Selection Camp, scheduled for December 9-12 in Calgary. Click here to see the full roster. Fifteen of the players ar...
Dec 01, 2021
Vernon club lays claim to tallest pickleball Christmas tree in the world
The Okanagan Wealth Advisors (OWA) Pickleball Complex in Vernon is home to what is possibly the tallest pickleball Christmas tree in the world. The tree is over 12 feet tall, has 350 pickleballs and i...
Dec 01, 2021
Vernon resident takes over leadership of college board
A former Vernon city councillor is the new leader of the Okanagan College board of directors. Juliette Cunningham, who has served as the board’s vice chair since November 2019, has been elected ...
Dec 01, 2021
Lifting of capacity limits big relief to junior hockey teams
Junior hockey teams are among the most pleased that capacity limits on indoor events and gatherings will be lifted in Interior Health as of midnight tonight, Nov. 30. Officials with the Kelowna Rocket...
Nov 30, 2021
Interior’s active COVID-19 case count up, vaccination stats updated to include children
The active COVID-19 case count for the Interior rose to 552 as 85 new cases were recorded in the region Tuesday, Nov. 30. The new cases were part of 358 confirmed across B.C., and the provincial activ...
Nov 30, 2021
Interior Health’s COVID-19 capacity limits to be lifted as other provincial orders enhanced
With the decrease of COVID-19 transmissions and hospitalization numbers levelling off in Interior Health, the additional COVID-19 measures for the region are being lifted. During Tuesday’s COVID...
Nov 30, 2021
First Omicron variant confirmed in B.C.
The first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant has been confirmed in B.C. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said the infected individual is in the Fraser Health region, and they had just re...
Nov 30, 2021