Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

The City of Kelowna has announced the purchase of a 1.94-acre property located at 1910-1960 Dayton Street to extend Sutherland Avenue from Dickson Avenue to Dayton Street and create a future park spac...

The B.C. government is leading a civil claim against producers of products that cannot breakdown and can be harmful to people. “Today, B.C. is leading again, as the first jurisdiction in Canada ...

UPDATE June 23, 2024 There was very little new information from Kelowna RCMP on the weekend regarding the woman’s body that was discovered in Waterfront Park on Friday morning. The area south of...

What cost $688,000, is vital to the Okanagan’s tourism industry, and is looking for a name? If you said the newest milfoil harvester used to control the weed on the valley’s lakes, you wou...

A driver in Kelowna has had their vehicle seized by police after being caught excessively speeding in a school zone. Kelowna RCMP was conducting a speed enforcement operation in front of Raymer Elemen...

The Okanagan’s drought conditions are unchanged for the fourth consecutive week. As of Thursday, June 20, the local area was still classified as Drought Level 1, meaning adverse affects to socio...

The Kelowna RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit had a busy two months. The unit executed five search warrants in separate, unrelated cases involving possession and distribution of child sex ...

RCMP have released a composite sketch of a suspect in an attempted sexual assault in Kelowna earlier this month. On June 9, RCMP received a report from an adult female that an unknown man attempted to...

Update 6 a.m. June 20, 2024 WestJet’s airplane mechanics won’t be walking off the job Thursday after all. Their strike plan has been put on hold after both the airline and its Aircraft Mai...

A fire that broke out in a residential structure in Kelowna's Landmark neighbourhood led to nearly two dozen firefighters responding. The Kelowna Fire Department said crews responded to a fire in a to...