Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

Significant snow and strong winds expected for Coquihalla Highway, travel not advised
Drivers are being asked to temporarily avoid travel on the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt starting Tuesday (Feb. 27) night. Environment Canada issued a winter storm watch for the stretch of H...
Aaron Schulze Feb 27, 2024

Woman avoids giving $6,500 in grandson bail money scam
A Shuswap woman realized she was being scammed just in time before giving $6,500. In a news release, Salmon Arm RCMP say a woman received a home call on Feb. 7 from a man saying her grandson was in ja...
Aaron Schulze Feb 26, 2024

‘Devastating to our community’: Vernon rally marks two years of Ukraine’s war with Russia
A crowd gathered outside Vernon City Hall to mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The event, held Saturday, Feb. 24, was called ‘Canada Stands with Ukraine Until Victo...
Liam Verster Feb 26, 2024

Weather records set in Vernon and Okanagan
Record temperatures were set in three Okanagan communities on a blustery Sunday (Feb. 25) including Vernon. Environment Canada said the weather system on Feb. 25 brought mild weather and gusty winds t...
Pete McIntyre Feb 26, 2024

Okanagan agencies benefiting from federal investments in addressing HIV, Hep C
Two Interior-based projects aimed at addressing HIV, Hepatitis C, and other blood-borne illnesses are benefiting from a federal investment. Through the HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund, the f...
Liam Verster Feb 26, 2024

Doctor goes on trial for sexual assault
The trial of a Vernon doctor accused of sexual assault is scheduled to get underway today (Feb. 26) in provincial court. Dr. Peter Inkpen is facing a total of six charges after accusations from severa...
Pete McIntyre Feb 26, 2024

Jury selection to open North Okanagan murder trial
Jury selection is scheduled to begin today (Feb. 26) for a North Okanagan murder trial. Jevon Daniel Smith - born in 1975 - is accused of second degree murder in the shooting death of Dakota Samoleski...
Pete McIntyre Feb 26, 2024

Man shot and killed in hotel parking lot
The RCMP’s Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) is investigating a homicide in the Shuswap. Police say a man was found dead after being shot in the parking lot of the Best Western Hotel...
Pete McIntyre Feb 25, 2024

Wanted man sought by police
A man facing a number of charges is being sought by police after failing to appear in court. The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance to locate 52-year-old Stewart Wa...
Pete McIntyre Feb 23, 2024

Police seek witnesses to fatal crash between two semis
Police are looking to talk to any witnesses to fatal crash on Highway 97 between Vernon and Kamloops earlier this month. On Monday, Feb. 12, at 5:50 p.m., there was a head-on collision between two com...
Pete McIntyre Feb 23, 2024