Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

A pair of Kelowna men are facing charges after being caught in a vehicle that had just been stolen. RCMP say on the evening on July 28, the owner of a Ford pickup truck believed he had heard the vehic...

The latest phase of the Ethel Street Active Transportation Corridor (ATC) between Rose and Raymer avenues in Kelowna recently opened to the public. The city says it forms a significant connection and ...

West Kelowna says water consumption is still high, and reservoirs are being drawn down, despite stage 2 restrictions being in effect for more than a week. "Daily use has declined slightly since Stage ...

Another rise in COVID-19 cases in B.C., the highest since early June, with 204 reported today. More than half were in Interior Health (IH), 107, with no word how many are linked to an outbreak in the ...

Pleasant Valley Manor in Armstrong is the North Okanagan site where Interior Health will provide emergency facilities should there be mass wildfire evacuations and power loss. As part of emergency pre...

B.C.’s premier is encouraging residents to use part of their upcoming long weekend to pay tribute to the province’s front-line heroes. John Horgan is asking people to take a moment at 7 p....

People riding the Route 90 UBCO bus that goes from Vernon and Coldstream to Kelowna, will have to start wearing face coverings again. It’s due to the new restrictions implemented Thursday by Int...

The Regional District of Central Okanagan will proceed with borrowing up to $8-million on behalf of the Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) to build a new branch in West Kelowna. The RDCO board has adopte...

Interior Health (IH) continues to power a resurgence in new COVID-19 cases in British Columbia. The IH region had 113 new cases on Wednesday, which was 61 per cent of the 185 new cases in the province...