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Covid-19
Kamloops continues to be hotbed for COVID-19 cases in B.C. Interior
The Kamloops Local Health Area had 41 per cent of new COVID-19 cases in the…
Westbank bakery permanently closes due to COVID-19
For the last five years, Bliss Bakery has operated one of its three locations on…
Interior Health declares outbreak at Merritt long-term care facility
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care facility in Merritt after…
COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Oliver long-term care facility
The deadly outbreak of COVID-19 at Oliver’s Sunnybank long-term care home has ended. The outbreak…
427 COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 47 in Interior Health
B.C. health officials are reporting 427 new cases of COVID-19 today, including 47 within the…
Big White laying off staff as resort copes with pandemic ski season
Times are tough for Big White Ski Resort workers in a number of ways as…
COVID-19 outbreak at Vernon care home declared over
Interior Health has declared the COVID-19 outbreak at Vernon's Heritage Square officially over. The COVID-19…
1,533 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday in B.C.; 92 in Interior Health
B.C.’s health officials admit they are frustrated by how long it’s taking to get the…
No fines issued to organizers of Kelowna’s ‘mega rally’ against COVID-19 restrictions
Organizers of the so-called mega rally for those opposed to COVID-19 restrictions have managed to…
Sun Peaks mayor appreciates provincial COVID-19 ski hill education plan
The Ministry of Tourism has unveiled a new COVID-19 education campaign for staff, residents and…
Thompson Okanagan schools see decline in potential COVID-19 exposures
Thompson Okanagan schools are seeing a downward trend in COVID-19 school exposures. In the last…
iN VIDEO: Anti-COVID-19 restriction ‘mega rally’ doesn’t create anticipated crowd
The anti-COVID-19 restriction "mega rally" today was underwhelming to those who had anticipated a big…
Kamloops’s COVID-swab ‘champion’ nurse sharing tips on social media
A Kamloops nurse has gone viral on Tik Tok after posting a how-to for COVID-19…
UPDATE: 445 new COVID-19 cases in B.C., including 44 in Interior Health
COVID-19 is advancing at a steady pace throughout B.C. with 446 new cases in the…
449 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. including 58 in Interior Health
The COVID-19 case numbers continue to pile up by the hundreds in B.C. with another…
City of Kamloops employee tests positive for COVID-19
An employee with the City of Kamloops is self isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.…
Anti-COVID-19 restriction rally could see 1,000 people or more attend
Organizers of a “mega freedom" rally that is being organized for Kelowna’s downtown this weekend…
Kamloops current hot spot for COVID-19 in Interior Health region
New data shows the number of new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region dropped…
469 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 6 deaths
Between 400 and 500 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in B.C. every day…
Surgeries resume at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as COVID-19 case count hits 105
Inpatient surgeries are starting slowly to ramp up to normal at Royal Inland Hospital in…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Vernon seniors residence
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at another retirement residence in Vernon. According to…
47 new cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health; 435 in B.C.
B.C. health officials are reporting 435 new cases of COVID-19 since Monday, 47 of which…
Interior Health defends COVID-19 practices against nurses union criticism
Interior Health has issued a lengthy rebuttal to criticism from the B.C. Nurses Union, defending…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at two Kamloops group homes
Two group homes in Kamloops have been declared COVID-19 outbreak sites by Interior Health. Six…