Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna
UPDATE: Body found in Kelowna park
UPDATE: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 22 Kelowna RCMP has turned the investigation of a body of a man found in a park by Sutherland and Birch Monday morning, over to the Coroner. Police say he was from Kelowna, 52 y...
Nov 22, 2021
B.C.’s fiscal update projects deficit dip but does not include flood, mudslide costs
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister says the province’s economy was on track toward a strong economic rebound in its latest financial results to the end of September, but uncert...
Nov 22, 2021
B.C. mudslide victim identified as rugby player originally from Calgary
Last Monday, as flooding and mudslides ravaged British Columbia, Dean Hopkins got a distraught call from his close friend’s wife, saying her husband was missing. That phone call kicked off sever...
Nov 22, 2021
British Columbia officials to provide update on flooding situation
British Columbia officials are set to provide an update on flooding in the province today, as a rain storm in the north is set to move south. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth, along with the mini...
Nov 22, 2021
Canada set to receive first shipment of COVID-19 pediatric vaccines
As Canada prepares to receive its first shipment of the children’s COVID-19 vaccine today, many jurisdictions say they’re ready to start the next phase of the country’s immunization ...
Nov 21, 2021
‘We lost everything’: Many residents in Princeton still digging out from flood
Mario Loutef had little sleep the four days leading up to Saturday, when he piled his ruined belongings in the street outside his home in Princeton, B.C. A vast swath of the downtown in the community ...
Nov 21, 2021
Three more victims recovered from slide site
The mudslide near Duffy Lake in the B.C. Interior has claimed more lives. RCMP say the bodies of three men were recovered Friday at the site along Highway 99 near Lillooet. Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet ...
Nov 20, 2021
Suspicious fire behind store
A fire behind a Kelowna business is being investigated by RCMP. Kelowna fire crews responded to a report of smoke behind the Home Sense store at 1575 Banks Road around 5:00 p.m. Friday. “The fir...
Nov 20, 2021
New orders prohibit non-essential travel on select highways and limit access to gas on the coast
In response to the ongoing impacts of the severe weather and flooding in B.C., Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has issued two new orders under the State of Emergency. On...
Nov 19, 2021
Vital road link between Interior and Coast reopens
A road link connecting British Columbia’s Interior and Lower Mainland has been restored, but only on a limited basis. Transportation Minister Rob Fleming told a news conference Friday, Highway 3...
Nov 19, 2021