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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Vernon Jubilee Hospital
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. An Interior Health media release…
COVID-19 induced labour shortage forces Revelstoke ski resort closure
Revelstoke Mountain Resort has been forced to close due to circumstances indirectly caused by COVID-19.…
Another COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital
A second COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital. Interior Health announced today, March 31, in…
Penticton’s popular Fest of Ale cancelled again due to COVID-19
Penticton’s annual Fest of Ale is facing its second cancellation in as many years due…
Big White restaurant owner issues apology for party that broke COVID rules
The owner of a Big White bar and restaurant is apologizing after he allowed a…
B.C. among the best in Canada for COVID deaths in long term care homes
A new study shows that Canada is one of the worst countries in the world…
Why Big White’s early COVID cluster is now ‘a blessing in disguise’
Big White Ski Resort's senior vice president says the extra measures taken and vaccinations at…
Kamloops restaurants will survive if we all support them, business leaders say
Increased public health orders have the Kamloops restaurant community worried, but business leaders are taking…
Kelowna restaurateurs pushing to close Bernard Avenue before summer
Even before Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry ordered an end to indoor dining, more…
Shocked, frustrated and resolved to make it work; B.C.’s restaurants take it on the chin again
Mark Filatow was caught off guard Monday when he first heard restaurants had to shut…
849 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 67 in Interior Health
Health authorities are urging B.C. residents to stay home as the number of COVID-19 cases…
Ski resort employees fired after attending large party at Big White bar
Big White Ski Resort has fired two employees after they were found partying in a…
Kamloops, Kelowna airports biggest winners in latest government COVID funding program
Kelowna International Airport and Kamloops Airport are getting $720,000 each in provincial funding to help…
Meet the RIH nurse heading ‘Freedom Rallies’ in Kamloops
The organizer of the weekly ‘Freedom Rally’ at Riverside Park in Kamloops is also a…
Shambhala Music Festival postponed for another year
Shambhala Music Festival has been postponed for 2021 due to public health orders. The event…
New restrictions on indoor dining, church services and gyms in B.C.: health officials
Indoor dining and church services are out and mask-wearing for students in Grade 4 to…
Pharmacy in B.C. Interior records COVID positive case
A worker at a Shoppers Drug Mart in the B.C. Interior has tested positive for…
COVID cases dropped in Interior Health region last week
The number of new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region dropped last week to…
COVID-19 cluster at Big White Ski Resort contained
A COVID-19 community cluster at Big White Mountain has been contained, according to the latest…
Number of new COVID-19 cases in B.C. takes another big jump to 908
The daily case count of new COVID-19 cases continues to grow in B.C. The count…
Anti-mask ‘freedom rally’ coming to Kamloops this weekend
Handouts for a so-called "freedom rally" in Kamloops this weekend references a local business, but…
B.C.’s COVID-19 new case count jumps to 800 with 50 in Interior Health
B.C. recorded its highest single day total for new COVID-19 cases since Dec. 2 with…
COVID variants hitting younger B.C. residents hard
Since most B.C. residents over the age of 80 have been vaccinated, the increasing number…
UPDATE: Doors opening at long term care homes and churches in B.C.
People who have not seen their loved ones in long term care for the past…