Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Temperature records were set in 22 B.C. communities on Sunday including in Vernon and two other Okanagan cities. Environment Canada said the mercury in Vernon got up to 36.1 Celsius on July 7, breakin...

Environment Canada says a heat wave covering more than three dozen regions in British Columbia is expected to intensify today. It says elevated temperatures pose a risk to public health, so people are...

Mounties in Kelowna say they are working to recover the body of a man who drowned in Okanagan Lake early Saturday morning. They say officers, alongside Central Okanagan Search and Rescue and the Kelow...

For the fifth week in a row, the Okanagan’s drought conditions remain at the low end of the spectrum. The B.C. River Forecast Centre says the Okanagan Basin was at Drought Level 1 as of July 4, ...

Proactive policing measures will be taken this summer to address community safety in Kelowna. For the 11th year, the Kelowna RCMP will run its Inadmissible Patrons Policy (IIP). The voluntary program ...

An incident involving a man on a crane led to a large response from emergency personnel in Kelowna Wednesday night. RCMP say they responded to the incident between Leon Avenue and Water Street around ...

You won’t see any peaches, apricots or nectarines from the Okanagan on store shelves this summer, but growers in Washington state will pick up some of that market. Some cherries from the valley ...

The City of Kelowna is asking the public to provide input to shape the future of Manhattan Point Park. Work is underway to design the park, located on Okanagan Lake off Manhattan Drive, and the public...

Kelowna RCMP had a busy Canada Day. The RCMP said through July 1 and into the early hours of July 2, officers in the city responded to approximately 170 files. The incidents ranged from thefts to impa...

British Columbians renting their homes will be better protected from bad-faith evictions. A new online portal will be launched on July 18, 2024, to protect renters from being evicted in bad faith, as ...