Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

UPDATE: 9:15 p.m. The Okanagan will stay ‘Tory Blue’ with new mandates for Mel Arnold in North Okanagan-Shuswap with his third term, Tracy Gray re-elected to her second term in Kelowna-Lak...

Highway 97 was closed for hours heading into Lake Country from Kelowna this evening following a bad accident. It happened between Commonwealth and Beaver Lake Roads and the highway was closed in both ...

The results are in for Canada’s 44th general election.

The detailed design of West Kelowna's first City Hall/Okanagan Regional Library Building is now underway. From Sept. 20 through Oct. 3, the community is invited to get involved and share their feedbac...

An employee of Tolko Industries in Vernon is among two people honoured for their committment to the forest products sector. Andrew de Vries, Tolko’s manager of Indigenous Opportunities and Gover...

The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) has lifted a majority of it’s campfire bans as recent showers and cooler, seasonal temperatures have lowered the fire threat risk to moderate. Th...

The public is asked to help police in locating a missing Lake Country man. Jan Paleta, 58, was reported missing by his friends and family on Friday, Sept. 17 after not hearing from him for several day...

Canadians are going to the polls today in the country’s second federal election in just under two years. The polls for the 44th general election are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m in B.C., and while ...

OTTAWA - Canada’s first-ever pandemic election culminates today as Canadians from coast-to-coast go to the polls to choose the 338 members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons. Elections...

The death of a woman in Kelowna is being treated as suspicious. RCMP was called to the intersection of Highway 33 W and Nickel Road just after 7:00 a.m this morning (Sept. 19). When officers arrived t...