Category Archives: (Portal – Vernon Matters) Kelowna

One person died in a crash between a semi and a pickup truck on the Okanagan Connector Tuesday night (Jan. 23). RCMP in Merritt say around 7:30 p.m., the semi slid off the road and into a ditch near H...

Kelowna International Airport surpassed two million passengers in 2023, an increase of 18 per cent from 2022. "This is a tremendous milestone for YLW and our region, demonstrating the strong demand fo...

British Columbia is moving to restrict the use of cellphones in schools as part of measures Premier David Eby says will help protect young people from online threats. Eby said the government will also...

A portion of Highway 97 between Summerland and Peachland will be temporarily closed Friday, Jan. 26. Work is scheduled at the site of the August 28th rockslide that brought debris down onto the highwa...

The City of Kelowna will seek a new partner to operate Prospera Place when the current deal with GSL ends in 2029. Mayor Tom Dyas said the change will lead to much needed improvements and will maximiz...

The multinational hospitality firm, Northland Properties, will build a six storey, 245-room hotel and parkade on the Kelowna Airport property. It’s part of expansion plans for the airport that a...

The province is looking for people with in-depth knowledge of the terrain and area where they live to help fight wildfires this summer. The B.C. Wildfire Service has received feedback from an expert t...

Police say a teenager in Lake Country is fortunate he wasn’t seriously injured after riding a toboggan behind a pickup truck. RCMP responded to Oyama Road near Broadwater Road in the afternoon o...

The City of West Kelowna will use an alternative approval process (AAP) to get public approval to borrow up to $8 million for the Fire Hall #32 replacement project. The AAP period will take place from...

Fire officials say a smoke alarm alerted residents of a house fire in Kelowna Wednesday morning. At around 8:45 a.m., the dispatch service received 911 calls about a house fire in the 700 block of Dou...