Get the Top, Local stories delivered to your inbox! Click here to join the daily Vernon Matters newsletter.

Category Archives: British Columbia

Take a step back from social interactions, says B.C.'s top doctor
VICTORIA - British Columbia reported 223 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, tipping the number of active infections over 2,000. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says in a statement infections ...
Oct 23, 2020
B.C. Covid update: 223 new cases in B.C.; 18 in Interior Health
COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in the Interior, although they are much lower than the Lower Mainland. Interior Health (IH) is reporting 18 new cases, up from the 12 Thursday and 8 on Wednesday. ...
Corey Fischer Oct 23, 2020
Leaders makes last-day pitch for votes in British Columbia
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - NDP Leader John Horgan made a final push for votes Friday in a British Columbia election he called critically important and unprecedented.Horgan was in New Westminster appealin...
Oct 23, 2020
B.C. snap election coloured by pandemic recovery, candidate gaffes
VANCOUVER - Voters go to the polls Saturday to determine who will lead British Columbia through the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery, marking the end of a campaign unlike any in the province's recent hi...
Oct 23, 2020
Elections BC aiming for Nov. 16 to return final results
VICTORIA - Officials with Elections BC say they hope to deliver the final results of Saturday's election by Nov. 16, but the date is not set in stone since it's unclear how much extra time it will tak...
Corey Fischer Oct 23, 2020
NDP on track to form majority government, final poll before election suggests
John Horgan is on his way to becoming the first sitting BC NDP premier to win re-election, a new poll released just before election day suggests.A new Ipsos poll commissioned by Global News finds 51 p...
Oct 23, 2020
Assumed-to-be-dead bald eagle resurrects in back seat of car
A Cariboo good Samaritan may just have helped save the life of an eagle on Wednesday (Oct.21). A driver was heading north on Highway 97 near 100 Mile House when he came across what he believed was a d...
Corey Fischer Oct 23, 2020
Snowfall warning issued for parts of Okanagan
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Central and South Okanagan.The weather agency is forecasting 10 to 15 centimetres in those areas, with 15 to 20 cm on the Okanagan Connector fr...
Corey Fischer Oct 23, 2020
B.C. political leaders campaign for votes on last day before voting begins
VANCOUVER - The B.C. election campaign is in its last day with the main opponents to the NDP sounding a familiar refrain in their final pitch for votes. Both the B.C. Liberals and the Greens criticize...
Corey Fischer Oct 23, 2020
Surging lumber prices prompt record segment profits and surging third-quarter results
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. says its net profit surged in the third quarter on record lumber earnings that were driven by an unprecedented increase in prices.The Vancouver-based forest products company s...
Oct 23, 2020

What Matters

Dangerous Riding
West Kelowna RCMP searching for highway stunter
Jul 03, 2026
School Road Reconstruction
Major road project in Coldstream to begin Monday
Jul 03, 2026
Canada Day Fire
Residents, fire crews knocked down Canada Day Rail Trail fire
Jul 02, 2026
Mayoral Campaign
Kari Gares running for Mayor of Vernon with focus on innovation, infrastructure and future generations
Jul 02, 2026
Youth Mental Health Supports
Swimmer to traverse Okanagan Lake in support of Foundry projects
Jun 30, 2026