Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Kelowna RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investigating a motor vehicle fatality involving an all terrain vehicle in the Postill Lake area. On September 25th shortly after 3:00 a.m., Kelowna RCMP r...

Two Canadians who languished in Chinese prisons for nearly three years held emotional reunions with their loved ones on Saturday after the culmination of a geopolitical saga that saw them return safel...

Another Interior resident has died from COVID-19. The death reported Friday is the 222nd death linked to COVID-19 in the region. The death was one of seven in B.C. Friday. Four were in the Fraser Heal...

A man is facing charges after allegedly attacking a Kelowna woman and a neighbour who came to her assistance. RCMP responded to a 911 call on Coronation Street in Kelowna around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday...

The third annual Rex Gill Memorial Ride takes place tomorrow (Sept. 25) starting in Penticton and making its way to Kelowna. The motorcycle ride raises money for charity and honours the memory of Gill...

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue was called out for the 82nd time this year to search for two missing hikers in the McCall Lake area above Peachland Thursday. A couple from Alberta had made the 300-...

Elections Canada has completed the mail-in vote counting for the North Okanagan-Shuswap (NOS) riding, and others in the valley. The agency says 69,778 of the 111,599 registered electors (62.53 percent...

A new book has hit the market that is a must for Vernon sports and history fans — and anyone else who just enjoys good hockey stories. Vernon’s Hockey History, 1894-2021 was written by Don...

The damage caused by the White Rock Lake wildfire this summer is expected to have a price tag of at least $77-million. The insured damage estimate was calculated by Catastrophe Indices and Quantificat...

Two of the five COVID-19 linked deaths in B.C. Thursday were recorded in the Interior, bringing the death toll for the novel coronavirus in the region up to 221. Two of the other deaths recorded Thurs...