Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

You never know what you may see during an emergency situation. While helping out during tactical evacuations for the Mount Law wildfire in West Kellowna on Aug. 21, a BC Conservation officer noticed s...

Members of the Kelowna Rockets are mourning the loss of the WHL team’s bus driver. Justin Bosher, 54, died in a motorcycle accident near Kamloops on Wednesday. "The Rockets organization has suff...

The University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO) will host on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinics between August 30 and September 17 for students, staff and faculty to get their shots. “We kno...

UPDATE 10:00 a.m. Aug. 29 There was no significant growth of the White Rock Lake wildfire Saturday, which remains at 81,362 hectare and is classified as out of control by the BC Wildfire Service. The ...

After earlier confusion, Interior Health has clarified what sports are allowed under the current gathering and events provincial health orders. The health agency says team sports for youth and adults ...

UPDATE 10:00 a.m. Aug. 29 With the assistance from additional fire crews from Mexico that arrived at the Mount Law wildfire Saturday, combined with favourable weather conditions, there has been no sig...

The Central Okanagan saw fewer cases of COVID-19 this past week, while Vernon had more. That sums up the weekly report of new COVID-19 cases for Aug. 15-21 from figures provided by the BC Centre for D...

Another 271 COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Interior Health (IH) region Thursday, bringing the active case count up to 2,014. The new cases were part of 724 recorded in British Columbia, and there...

The Canadian Armed Forces will be moving about 80 personnel to Vernon on Friday afternoon to support operations at the White Rock Lake wildfire. The military members are being moved in a convoy from O...

UPDATE: 9:30 a.m. Aug. 27 The BC Wildfire Service has issued an update on an firefighter who was injured while working on the White Rock Lake fire Thursday. The man was conducting mop-up duties on a s...