Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna
COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the Interior
Interior Health is now home to 1,151 active COVID-19 cases, up 19 from Monday’s figures. The increase came as 128 new cases were identified in the region. The new cases were part of 593 reported...
Oct 05, 2021
COVID-19 boosters available for 100,000 immunocompromised British Columbians
British Columbians who are moderately to severely immunocompromised will be able to get a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Tuesday that approximately 100,000 British Columb...
Oct 05, 2021
Support available for B.C. farmers to cover health and safety expenses
The British Columbia government is rolling out support to help farmers who had to cover the costs of implementing COVID-19 health and safety measures. The B.C. Seasonal Domestic Farm Worker COVID-19 S...
Oct 05, 2021
Public service employees in British Columbia must get vaccinated against COVID-19
An estimated 30,000 government employees in British Columbia will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The BC Public Service Agency said Tuesday the vaccination requirement is part of an effo...
Oct 05, 2021
Students show their gratitude to firefighters and health care staff
Some West Kelowna students have provided a very heartfelt and heart warming thank you to some of the heroes of the Okanagan’s summer. Visual Arts students at Mount Boucherie Secondary took part ...
Oct 04, 2021
B.C. records 1,986 new COVID-19 cases, 414 in Interior
British Columbia averaged 662 new COVID-19 cases per day over the weekend, for a total of 1,986. That includes 617 new cases on Saturday, 707 on Sunday and 662 new cases today. Interior Health (IH) ha...
Oct 04, 2021
No new liquor stores in B.C. for at least ten years
British Columbia won’t be adding any new liquor stores for at least the next decade. The NDP government has extended the moratorium on applications and approvals for new licensee retail stores (...
Oct 04, 2021
UPDATE: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp back online
UPDATE: 5:00 p.m. Facebook and its subsidiaries, Instagram and WhatsApp, are all back in operation after a world outage that lasted about seven hours today. Facebook has not commented on the cause but...
Oct 04, 2021
UPDATE: Bomb squad disposes of suspicious item near gas station
The RCMP’s bomb squad has taken care of a suspicious item found in a normally busy area of Vernon. The object, which was not believed to be viable, was safely removed from an alleyway by the Ver...
Oct 04, 2021
UPDATE: Highway 1 reopens after deadly crash
The Trans Canada Highway has reopened in the Shuswap after a five hour closure due to a crash. The number-one route had been shut down since around 7 this morning near Tappen, west of Salmon Arm, afte...
Oct 04, 2021