Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna
Kamloops mayor removed as official spokesperson for council and the city
The mayor of Kamloops is no longer the city's official spokesperson. In a news release distributed to media Wednesday (May 29), Kamloops councillor Kelly Hall - the deputy mayor for the month of May -...
May 29, 2024
Interior children and youth account for 24 toxic drug deaths over past five years
The B.C. Coroner’s Service said 24 children and youth from the Interior lost their lives to toxic drugs over a five year span. The worst year for the Interior was 2021, when there were eight tox...
May 29, 2024
Fire at automotive business believed to be arson
A fire at a Kelowna business last weekend is being investigated as an arson by RCMP. Police say on Sunday May 26, just after 9 a.m., the RCMP and Kelowna Fire Department responded to a report of a fir...
May 28, 2024
OC professor named Business Woman of the Year
An Okanagan College business professor has been chosen as the 2024 Business Woman of the Year by the Kelowna Women In Business (KWIB) organization. Dr. Kyleen Myrah was not able to be at the award cer...
May 28, 2024
Take a test drive on new DriveBC site
Changes are being made to the popular DriveBC website, and the public is invited to check them out and give feedback. The site is used by motorists to get the latest information on road incidents, con...
May 28, 2024
Two people deceased following a highway collision near Sorrento
A fatal collision involving two semis occurred on Highway 1 near Sorrento Monday night. The RCMP said an eastbound semi-trailer failed to make a right turn, resulting in it flipping onto its side in t...
May 28, 2024
Minimum wage rising in June
British Columbians making minimum wage will see their paycheques increase. Effective Saturday, June 1, the general minimum wage in B.C. will increase from $16.75 to $17.40 per hour. The 3.9 per cent i...
May 28, 2024
Crews action house fire and blaze at commercial building
It has been a very busy day for fire crews in Kelowna, with two structure fires within a matter of a few hours on Sunday. The first call came at around 6:30 a.m. for a residential structure fire in th...
May 26, 2024
Merger between BC United and BC Conservatives appears to be dead
A proposed deal to avoid vote splitting between British Columbia’s two right-of-centre parties in the fall election has fallen apart with their leaders blaming each other and trading scathing pe...
May 24, 2024
Officer assaulted in bus incident: RCMP
RCMP say one of their officers was injured while dealing with a weapons complaint in Kelowna. Police say the Mountie boarded a bus in the 200 block of Rutland Road North on Thursday evening (May 23) a...
May 24, 2024