Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Kelowna will be getting a branch of the newly-established Pacific Economic Development Agency (PacifiCan). “The Kelowna PacifiCan office will help the Central Okanagan region, one of Canada's fa...

ENDERBY, B.C. - The Independent Investigators Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) has launched an investigation into an incident in Enderby where one man died and two women suffered non-life threateni...

UPDATE Aug. 6 Parts of Vernon will not be getting Canada Post delivery services for a second day. The Crown Corporation says due to continued poor air quality in the B.C. Interior caused by wildfire s...

The British Columbia government is considering the Walk-In-Wednesday campaign a success after administering 16,505 COVID-19 vaccines to walk-in patients across the province on August 4. Those shots ma...

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – There is good news for residents in the area of the Brenda Creek wildfire west of Peachland. The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen has lifted an evacuation order for...

Falkland and Cedar Hill are among the latest areas to be placed under an evacuation order due to the White Rock Lake wildfire, northwest of Vernon. Evacuation orders were also issued Wednesday night f...

Interior Health continues to host the highest number of new daily COVID-19 cases after 171 were recorded on August 4. The cases make up a majority of the 342 recorded across British Columbia on Wednes...

The RCMP Southeast District Emergency Response Team was deployed to assist West Kelowna RCMP in the apprehension of a man wanted on numerous warrants. Mounties determined the West Kelowna man, wanted ...

Today is Walk In Wednesday in B.C. with all COVID-19 vaccine clinics offering walk-in doses, including at the Vernon Recreation Centre auditorium from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, and closed between 12 ...

AIM Roads, the highway maintenance company for the Okanagan and Shuswap, is reporting a traffic issue on Highway 97 in Lake Country due to a mudslide. The site is near Robinson Road and it’s cau...