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Covid-19
Fitness centres, gyms allowed to re-open in B.C. on Thursday
While most COVID restrictions will stay in place in B.C., gyms and fitness centres can…
Health order forcing school staff to declare vaccine status aimed at districts in Interior Health
The new provincial health order that can force school staff to declare their vaccination status…
Interior Health closing rural ERs, rescheduling surgeries to cope with staff shortage
Interior Health says staff shortages due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is forcing the…
More than 100 B.C. gyms open doors in ‘Operation Green Light’
As gym owners waited for an update to the provincial health order that shut the…
Hospitalizations increase to 819 in B.C. to due to COVID-19
Even though the province has changed the way it reports COVID hospitalization data, there has…
Vernon taxi company faces dilemma picking up workers from facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks
The manager of a Vernon taxi company says he's stuck between a "rock and a…
Westbank care home officially closed due to lack of staff
A Westbank First Nation care home has officially shuttered its doors due to a staff…
Online petition seeks more COVID-19 supports for Okanagan College students
An online petition addressing the well-being of Okanagan College students is gaining momentum. Students Luna…
Kamloops Chamber wants to see the science on gym closures
Provincial health measures have kept certain businesses like gyms and nightclubs closed since Dec. 22,…
‘Step closer’ to pandemic’s end as B.C. hits peak of Omicron’s spread in community: Dr. Henry
It’s clear from comments made by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry today that we…
COVID making thousands of B.C. health-care workers sick
In a single week, in early January, there were at least 10,000 health-care workers off…
Omicron on downward trajectory in B.C. but not in Interior Health yet
B.C.’s COVID curve is heading downwards, as it is in many other parts of the…
High number of students with mask ‘exemptions’ force North Okanagan school closure
Armstrong Elementary School will be closed for two days due to staff shortages after a…
Looking for a COVID rapid test kit? Don’t bother asking Interior Health
Are there COVID rapid tests available in your community? It appears there’s no way of…
Pair of Kelowna yoga studios remain open despite public health orders
More Central Okanagan fitness centres are defying public health orders by continuing to hold classes,…