Covid-19

B.C.’s middle school and high school students will be asked to mask up in hallways and crowded spaces
Guidelines for where how and where masks will be worn in B.C. schools have been…

Masks now required in Winners, HomeSense and Marshalls starting today
Customers shopping at any TJX Companies Inc. stores now are required to wear a mask.…

1-in-5 Canadians making little to no effort to stop coronavirus spread
Messages aimed at reducing community spread of COVID-19 are reaching most of the intended audience,…

It’s easier to live through the impacts of COVID-19 if you’re Caucasian and rich, survey says
New data released by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry shows that Caucasians and higher…

COVID-19 may be severe and long lasting even in young people
The recent spike in B.C. COVID-19 cases has been triggered largely by young people getting…
At the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, crime in Vernon actually went up
Even though during the early days of the pandemic much of society was closed down,…

West Kelowna pizza shop isn’t letting people in need go to bed hungry
A West Kelowna pizza shop isn't letting those in need go hungry throughout the pandemic.…

Comedian Seth Rogen responds to premier’s request, tells B.C. young people to smoke weed alone instead of party
A day after Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds responded to the B.C. premier's request to help…

B.C. premier calls on Ryan Reynolds and Seth Rogen to help amplify COVID-19 conversation
B.C. premier John Horgan has called on some homegrown star power to help deal with…

We asked, you answered: Thompson Okanagan residents weigh in on mandatory mask debate in school
Masks will not be required in B.C. schools this September but a petition launched by…

Locked in long term care ‘prison:’ Woman asks for assisted suicide rather than continue in COVID-19 isolation
After months of being locked up in her long term care room, 78-year-old Shirley Turton…

No new COVID-19 deaths in B.C. despite another big increase in case numbers
COVID-19 continues to rear its ugly head in B.C. with another 84 new cases in…

Deadpool responds to Premier Horgan’s request for help to reach young people
Ryan Reynolds has responded to the premier's request for assistance to help the younger generation…

COVID-19 case identified on WestJet flight landing in Kelowna
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has announced a recent COVID-19 case on a flight…

Anyone holding large parties in B.C. this weekend should expect ‘consequences’
Health Minister Adrian Dix has drawn a line in the sand and warned against violating…