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‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ still disproportionately killing older vaccinated residents in B.C.
The current surge in the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C. and beyond…
COVID exposures at 15 schools in Interior Health including 7 in Okanagan, Kamloops
Interior Health, along with the rest of the province, started posting COVID-19 school exposures today…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Royal Inland Hospital
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital after two patients tested…
652 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 162 in Interior Health
Another 162 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the Interior Health region in the last…
COVID-19 exposures in B.C. schools now being posted online: Dr. Bonnie Henry
B.C. health authorities are going to start posting possible school exposures online. Provincial health officer…
2,239 new B.C. COVID cases over weekend; 525 in Interior Health
There were 525 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Interior Health region over the…
Vaccination rates at TRU are higher than the rest of Kamloops
The rate of fully vaccinated individuals on the university campus in Kamloops is nearly 10%…
COVID impact on hotels in Kamloops, Okanagan far worse this year than 2020
Even though B.C. and the world were locked down during the early days of the…
COVID infections continue to mount in B.C. despite an 80% vaccination rate
The province has reached the 80% mark for people over the age of 12 who…
Penticton brewery that took anti-vaccine card stance moves to takeout model
A Penticton brewery is moving to a counter service and takeout model after it announced…
Number of new COVID cases jump in B.C.; stable in Interior Health
There were 832 new COVID-19 cases recorded in B.C. in the last 24 hours with…
COVID outbreaks persist at Interior Health’s long-term care facilities
Residents in long-term care facilities were among the first to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19,…
No rest for contact tracers in B.C. as high COVID case counts continue
The number of new COVID-19 cases recorded in B.C. can vary by the hundreds from…
Most communities in Thompson, Okanagan still below B.C. vaccination rate
In the past month, the vaccination rate in B.C. has increased by 3.2 per cent…
COVID-19 numbers climb slightly in B.C. but dip in Interior Health
It was a good day for the Interior Health region with only 147 new COVID-19…
New cases of COVID-19 in B.C. shifting north but Interior Health still heavily impacted
The worst of the fourth wave of COVID-19 in B.C. is shifting away from the…
Pastafarians seek religious exemption from exposure to the unvaccinated
It may have come as a surprise when the province announced public health orders that…
Swastika spray painted on billboard promoting COVID-19 safety near Kamloops
Police are investigating after a billboard promoting COVID-19 safety along Highway 5 was vandalized with…
COVID-19 cases slow in Interior Health with 371 over weekend
While the number of new cases in B.C. remains high at 1,692 over the weekend,…
COVID-19 creating challenges for UBC Okanagan’s medical program
With the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants and non-profits aren’t the only places experiencing a shortage of…
Premier condemns actions of anti-COVID-19 vaccine protestors in Salmon Arm schools
B.C.’s premier has condemned the actions of protestors this week who took to Salmon Arm…
Hundreds of art pieces to be delivered to Kelowna ICU workers
What started as a trip to an Armstrong sunflower festival has quickly grown into an…
11 more COVID deaths in B.C. as daily case count reaches 768
The COVID-19 death toll continues to mount with 11 people dying from the disease in…
JONESIE: E-bikes should spark a transportation revolution
OPINION I bought an electric bicycle a few years ago. A few friends kinda snickered,…