Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

British Columbia will be getting its first doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine, perhaps as early as next week. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry told a COVID-19 update on Tuesd...

UPDATE: 4:15 p.m. Three men are in custody following two home invasions in Kelowna this morning. Police say it started when three armed men broke into a home in the 800 block of Harvey Avenue around 5...

Kelowna Council has approved new rates for the city's water utility users, which includes increases for next year and 2023. “In 2021, water consumption rates increased by six per cent,” a ...

UPDATE: 6:00 p.m. Nov. 10 Lake Country RCMP is pleased to advise that the 51-year-old man who was subject of a missing person's appeal on November 9th has been located and is safe and sound. “Th...

Two Okanagan M.P.’s have been named to Conservative leader Erin O’Toole’s shadow cabinet. Kelowna-Lake Country M.P. Tracy Gray is the shadow minister of small business recovery and g...

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope. Forecasters expect the highway will see a long period of snowfall which could amount to 25 cm by W...

The weekend COVID-19 case count in British Columbia totalled 1,438 new infections, or an average of 479 per day. That broke down to 553 new cases on Saturday, 462 on Sunday and 423 today. Interior Hea...

The way people look at Kelowna will never be the same again. The most exciting, dynamic, and cutting-edge media product Kelowna has ever seen has gone live. It's called Kelowna10. This is what you've ...

Kelowna's Gospel Mission will add 10 more beds to its 50-bed emergency shelter in the former Kelowna Courier building on Doyle Avenue within the next two weeks. "Adding 10 beds to our current emergenc...

Kelowna is making it easier for residents and visitors to go for a spin around the city. The city has introduced a new electric bikeshare program that partners with Ford-owned Spin and starts this fal...