Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

New COVID-19 cases and deaths remain high in British Columbia. The province reported 1,618 new cases over the weekend which is an average of 539 per day, along with 20 more people dying from the virus...

Smoke was billowing from the front of a West Kelowna industrial business when fire crews arrived today. West Kelowna Fire Rescue responded around 1:30 p.m.to the blaze at Kelowna Electroplating on Ros...

You might say it was a ‘dogged’ pursuit of a suspect. A Kelowna man was arrested with the help of the canine unit after allegedly fleeing the scene of an collision. Police say on Friday, O...

The plan to combat climate change has become even more urgent for the British Columbia government. With that in mind, the province has launched what it describes as a stronger, more ambitious climate ...

An investigation has been launched into a motor vehicle crash in Kelowna that resulted in the death of a local man. Kelowna RCMP Municipal Traffic Services and the B.C. Coroners Service are running th...

RCMP say they are conducting a full investigation after a woman reportedly fell to her death in Kelowna. Police were called to the 1100-block of Sunset Drive after a report of a woman falling from a b...

The highway south of Penticton was closed for about five hours Saturday after a fatal crash. RCMP say a 26-year-old woman died after her small Mazda car crossed the centre line while travelling northb...

Halloween can be a stressful time for your pooch, but there are steps you can take to help reduce the negative impact from all the activity around the event. While trick and treating is underway in ne...

A new book written by two Okanagan College professors provides a new window on life within Canadian prisons and how they have been operated over the years. Sociology professor Melissa Munn and History...

British Columbia is set to lift capacity restrictions on gatherings across much of the province Monday, though some say not everyone will be ready to party like it’s early 2020 while still weari...