Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna
UPDATE: Crews making progress on guards and hot spots on White Rock Lake fire; orders and alerts still in place
UPDATE Aug. 23 11:00 a.m. It was a good weekend for fire crews on the White Rock Lake wildfire west of Vernon. Hannah Swift, an information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, said crews are making ...
Aug 21, 2021
UPDATE: More evacuation orders lifted for Mt. Law fire
Due to reduced fire activity on the north end of the Mount Law wildfire, four properties on Turnbull Road have been downgraded from evacuation order to an alert. "We saw some rain today in the wildfir...
Aug 21, 2021
Two water quality advisories rescinded in West Kelowna
The City of West Kelowna rescinded the Water Quality Advisories for the Lakeview-Rose Valley service area and the West Kelowna Estates Service area on Friday. Monitoring and testing of the water in th...
Aug 20, 2021
COVID restrictions expanded through all Interior Health
COVID-19 restrictions that had previously been in place for just the Central Okanagan have been expanded to include the entire Interior Health region. Effective midnight Saturday, Aug. 21, the entire ...
Aug 20, 2021
Regional Parks reopen in Central Okanagan
As the Mt. Law wildfire has been mainly contained and the evacuation orders were downgraded to alerts this week, the Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is reopening a number of parks in the ...
Aug 20, 2021
RCMP warns of spoof call scam that appear to come from police
The RCMP is warning the public of a scam involving spoof calls that appear to be coming from local police detachments that has been circulating in North Okanagan communities recently. The Vernon North...
Aug 20, 2021
East and northeast flanks continue to be focus for White Rock Lake firefighting efforts
While crews have been dispatched to tackle the White Rock Lake wildfire on all fronts, the east and northeast flanks continue to be the areas getting the most focus. The B.C. Wildfire Service said cre...
Aug 20, 2021
Out of province firefighters join members working at the White Rock Lake fire
The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) is bolstering its ranks with firefighters from out of province, including a number who will join the ranks working at the White Rock Lake wildfire. Todd Nessman, Manag...
Aug 19, 2021
‘Absolutely no tolerance for it:’ RCMP impound vehicles of speeding drivers
Two drivers are paying the price for treating a North Okanagan highway like it was the Autobahn. RCMP stopped two vehicles in separate speeding incidents on Highway 97A Wednesday night (Aug. 18), one ...
Aug 19, 2021
Interior still the hot zone for new COVID-19 cases
Interior Health is still leading B.C in new COVID-19 cases, but its share of the cases is lower. The province reported 689 new infections on Thursday, the highest daily number since the 717 on Aug. 13...
Aug 19, 2021