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Covid-19
Penticton chamber defends award to business owner who defied health order
The Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce is staying with its decision to give…
Jump in new COVID cases in Interior Health
The Interior Health region had one of its worst days in the past month for…
Anti-maskers lose their cases at B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has struck down two complaints from anti-maskers who argued the…
Ezra Wellness tries again in Kamloops, but without ‘nurzes’
Glenn Aalderink has found a new location to base his wellness clinic for unvaccinated healthcare…
Daily COVID case numbers turn upward with 85 in Interior Health
After a couple of days of relatively low numbers of new COVID-19 cases in the…
Only 50 new COVID cases in Interior Health
The number of COVID cases in the Interior Health region continue at a fairly low…
Thompson-Okanagan school districts secretly polling teachers on COVID vaccination
Many of the school districts in the Thompson and Okanagan regions are conducting surveys of…
COVID-19 restrictions may ease soon in Interior Health
For months the COVID socializing restrictions have been tougher in the Interior Health region than…
Interior Health COVID case numbers drop to lowest level in months
The 39 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Interior Health region over the last…
COVID-19 outbreaks close six operating rooms in Kamloops
Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has forced the closure of six…
275 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health over weekend
COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region averaged just under 100 cases a day over…
Zones protecting schools, hospitals from COVID vaccine protestors coming to B.C.
Following numerous anti-vaccine protests at schools, hospitals and, most recently, cenotaphs in the Thompson and…
3rd death linked to COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops hospital
A third person has died of COVID-19 in relation to four outbreaks at Royal Inland…
4th COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kamloops hospital
Another COVID-19 outbreak has been announced at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, bringing the total…
2 deaths linked to COVID outbreaks at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
Two people have now died in the latest COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in…
Unofficial Kamloops Remembrance Day event turned into anti-vax rally
What appeared to be a Remembrance Day event at Riverside Park in Kamloops turned out…
UPDATE: Police investigating anti-vax disruption of Kelowna Remembrance Day ceremony
Police are investigating after a Remembrance Day ceremony in Kelowna this morning was interrupted by…
COVID daily case counts remain high with 114 in Interior Health; 555 in B.C.
The number of new COVID cases in B.C. is not going down despite a slowing…
Visitors limited at Royal Inland Hospital amid COVID-19 outbreaks
Interior Health is restricting visitors at Royal Inland Hospital as it tries to grapple with…
COVID outbreaks at three Okanagan, Shuswap schools send hundreds of children home
More than 450 children were sent home from Mar Jok Elementary school in West Kelowna…
Building permits show how Thompson-Okanagan communities weathered the pandemic
Everyone in B.C. remembers the world shutting down in the spring of 2020 as the…
COVID-19 hammering B.C. Interior’s two biggest hospitals: health officials
The two largest hospitals in the Interior Health region are feeling the effects of the…
Some Okanagan, Kamloops ski resorts won’t require vaccine cards for lift tickets
Although some B.C. ski resorts have taken it upon themselves to require fully-vaccinated patrons at…
321 more Interior Health residents test positive for COVID over the weekend
There were 321 new COVID-19 positive tests over the weekend in the Interior Health region,…