Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Environment Canada is forecasting more snow in the local mountain passes. A special weather statement issued Tuesday forecasts snow on the Okanagan Connector, Coquihalla Highway, Allison Pass and Koot...

A Vernon man has been charged after allegedly assaulting and threatening the manager of a business in the city’s north end. Officers of the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP responded to a report of an...

Last year's record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country. Environment Canada's colour-coded Air Qua...

For the first time in league history, a player has been granted exceptional status in the BC Hockey League (BCHL) and will receive early eligibility in the league. Eli McKamey from Cowichan Bay, B.C.,...

Mounties in Kelowna are looking to speak with a person of interest in relation to an ongoing stranger sexual assault investigation. Kelowna RCMP said the individual, an adult male, was allegedly invol...

It’s tick season in the Interior and the local health authority is advising people know how to avoid and deal with the parasites. Ticks are small insects that bite and feed on humans and animals...

The Kelowna Fire Department says a home in the 400 block of Edith Gay Road was damaged after a fire Thursday afternoon. Multiple calls about the blaze came in around 4:15 p.m.. The first arriving offi...

Renee Merrifield’s name will not be on the ballot for this fall’s provincial election. The MLA for Kelowna Mission has announced she won’t seek a second term for the BC United Party,...

The Okanagan Basin is now ranked at Drought Level 2. The B.C. River Forecast Centre raised the valley’s drought rating on Thursday, May 16. The Level 2, or “Very Dry” conditions, are...

Travellers are encouraged to be cautious behind the wheel over the Victoria Day long weekend. The Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) says many people will be hitting the road for their first road tr...