Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Actions have been taken to address community safety in Kelowna. The second annual progress report on Kelowna’ Community Safety Plan was presented to city council, which showed that five of the r...

A road safety advocacy group is reminding Okanagan drivers to be on the lookout for wildlife on the highways. Road Safety At Work says there are roughly 9,900 wildlife vehicle collisions reported ever...

Active transportation projects in the region are getting support from the province. B.C. is providing a total of $85-million through the Active Transportation Capital Fund to improve 11 active transpo...

Interior Health has declared a respiratory infection outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital. The health authority website stated the outbreak was identified in KGH’s 4B Medical Oncology unit Monda...

First it was a truck…and then a boat. RCMP in Lake Country say they arrested a suspect twice in three days for possessing stolen property. On June 8, 2024, RCMP initiated a traffic stop with a s...

It might be a good time to gas up the vehicle. A caller to Vernon Matters said prices at the Petro-Canada on 48th Avenue have gone to $1.76.9 per litre, an increase of 13 cents from earlier in the day...

A small fire was ignited south of Kelowna during the thunderstorm on Monday. The B.C. Wildfire Service said the fire was discovered near Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park, south of Kelowna and across ...

It was a cool and wet weekend across most of the Southern Interior, which led to 10 B.C. communities breaking weather records. Environment Canada said Kelowna, Kamloops, Penticton and Summerland were ...

A man has died after being caught in fast-moving water while swimming in the Shuswap River near Sugar Lake in Cherryville. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP said a 53-year-old man entered the river, intendin...

New housing construction in Greater Vernon remains well below the activity from last year. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) reported 13 local housing starts in May of 2024. While that fi...