Tag Archives: Okanagan
DVA cancels its summer events
The Downtown Vernon Association (DVA) has made the difficult decision to cancel its major events this summer due to COVID-related issues. That includes the Sunshine Festival on June 20, the Civic Soun...
Pete McIntyre Apr 22, 2020
B.C. product taken first overall in WHL bantam draft
The Western Hockey League completed the first round of the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft Wednesday morning online. After retaining the first-overall pick from the Bantam Draft lottery, the Regina Pats used th...
Pete McIntyre Apr 22, 2020
RCMP seek witnesses and video of highway crash
RCMP are looking to talk to any witnesses, or drivers that may have dash cam video, of a crash on Highway 97 near Duck Lake in Kelowna on Sunday April 12. A grey Chevrolet Cruze hit a red Ford F150 pi...
Pete McIntyre Apr 22, 2020
UPDATE: Heritage building destroyed by fire
The Kelowna Fire Department is investigating the cause of an early-morning fire that destroyed the Fleming House on the Brent's Grist Mill heritage site. Crews arrived shortly after 3 a.m. Wednesday a...
Pete McIntyre Apr 22, 2020
Long-time Rockets assistant GM steps back
Kelowna Rockets assistant general manager and director of player personnel Lorne Frey will be transitioning from his current position to take a role as a senior advisor following Wednesday’s WHL...
Pete McIntyre Apr 21, 2020
Emergency supports for home share, support service providers
Provincial emergency funding will be distributed through Community Living BC (CLBC) to ensure people with developmental disabilities stay supported and safe during the pandemic. As part of the B.C. Go...
Vernon Matters Staff Apr 21, 2020
House damaged by fire
A Kelowna home sustained extensive damage after an early morning fire. At 4:52 a.m. this morning, Kelowna Fire Dispatch received numerous 911 calls reporting flames coming from the front of a house in...
Pete McIntyre Apr 21, 2020
Mayor comments on financial impacts of pandemic
The following is a statement provided to media by the City of Kelowna from Mayor Colin Basran. Mayor's statement on financial impacts of pandemic April 20, 2020 Today, I wanted to provide some insight...
Pete McIntyre Apr 20, 2020
RCMP investigate theft from business
RCMP have released surveillance photos of a robbery suspect at a Kelowna business. On April 19 just before 11:45 a.m., RCMP received a report of theft from a business in the 2400-block of Highway 97 N...
Pete McIntyre Apr 20, 2020
Charges laid after robbery at restaurant
Two Okanagan men are facing charges after they allegedly robbed a Kelowna restaurant Saturday morning. On April 18, just before 5 a.m., RCMP responded to a report of a robbery at a restaurant in the 1...
Pete McIntyre Apr 20, 2020