Covid-19
Tuesday will be earliest we may learn if Interior COVID restrictions will be eased
All five MLAs from the Thompson-Okanagan region have been pushing hard for weeks to get…

Most Canadian kids will be exposed to COVID within the year: CMA president
It will be virtually impossible for school children to avoid COVID, according to the president…

Obesity likely the biggest risk factor for children getting hospitalized with COVID
While young children don’t often get really sick with COVID-19, the majority who do have…

322 new COVID cases as B.C.’s vaccination rate hits 91%
It has taken almost a month for B.C.’s COVID vaccination rate has moved up one…

Interior Health exploring theories to determine cause of Kamloops hospital outbreaks
Interior Health experts are exploring several hypotheses into outbreaks at Royal Inland Hospital including whether…

77 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health
There were 77 new COVID cases recorded in the Interior Health region in the last…

Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital most overcrowded in B.C.
Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops is bursting at the seams with more patients than even…

International flights set to resume at Kelowna airport
International flights will resume at Kelowna International Airport effective Nov. 30. International routes from Alaska…

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…