A newcomer in local politics is looking to tackle the water supply issue in the North Okanagan.Rachel Enns was elected to serve as Director of the North Okanagan Regional District Area C (BX/Silver Star) in the municipal election.Enns received 524 votes (66.3 per cent), beating out incumbent and two-term former Directo...

After taking four years off, the former Mayor of Armstrong is back and ready to lead the community.Chris Pieper was elected back into the mayoral seat in the 2026 local general election, returning to office after not running in 2022.Pieper told Vernon Matters he took that time off to travel, but having served 14 years ...

A local theatre is getting some financial aid to support its venue.The Armstrong Regional Co-op and Federated Co-op Limited (FCL) announced a joint $30,000 donation to the Caravan Farm Theatre.The donation, coming through Co-op's Community Match Fund, will go to support the Caravan Farm Theatre's Timber Barn Venue Adap...

Ron Cannan will not seek a recount after narrowly losing Kelowna's mayoral election to Tom Dyas Saturday.Communications point person Alli McNeill confirmed the decision in an email to Vernon Matters, saying Cannan's main concern was the time it took for election results to come in from polling stations."He felt th...

A two-vehicle crash snarled morning traffic on Highway 97 in Kelowna on Tuesday, with motorists facing hours of delays near Spall Road.The collision happened shortly before 9 a.m. and involved a white sedan and a grey pickup truck. Both vehicles sustained significant damage.Emergency crews responded to the scene.Traffi...

With five days to the provincial election, the Kelowna Professional Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 953, are putting their support behind three local candidates.It says the trio are strong supporters of firefighter health and safe staffing levels.For Kelowna Centre the union has endorsed the NDP's Loyal Wooldridg...

Both the British Columbia Conservatives and the New Democrats have promised to extend the SkyTrain transit line in Surrey, B.C., in an attempt to sway support in the vote-rich city, just days before the Oct. 24 provincial election. The campaigns issue...

LYTTON - The municipal election in Lytton, B.C., has resulted in a tie between two mayoral candidates with differing views on the community's recovery from a devastating wildfire that destroyed much of the village five years ago. The results posted to ...

VANCOUVER - A humpback whale has been struck by a BC Ferries vessel in waters near Metro Vancouver. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says in an email that they were alerted to the collision on Sunday, when the Queen of Surrey reportedly struck the whale nea...

VANCOUVER - A former creative writing student testifying in author and former UBC professor Steven Galloway's defamation trial says she was "shocked" and "horrified" at language used in a mass email by a fellow student investigating misconduct allegati...

A wildfire expert says powerful winds with shifting directions and dry weather contributed to rapid expansion of the fire at a military base in Wainwright, Alta., that left four soldiers dead and 39 others wounded. Environment and Climate Change Canad...

A U.S. food importer has filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs targeting Canada. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the non-profit Liberty Justice Center on behalf of Gellert Glob...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, on Tuesday after a woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive for the virus, the Health Ministry said. The woman began showing symptoms on Oct. 7 and was admi...

LONDON (AP) - British police said Tuesday they have rearrested two men on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service over a suspected plot at a U.S.-run air base in England last month. Counter Terrorism Policing said the men, a 24...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - A weekend attack by militants affiliated to the Islamic State group killed 48 people in the Ménaka region of eastern Mali, a lawmaker told The Associated Press Tuesday. Fighters from the Islamic State in Sahel Provinc...