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Popular Kelowna bowling alley and pub closed due to COVID-19 exposure
A popular Kelowna bowling alley and pub has temporarily shut down after a COVID-19 exposure.…
Another Oliver long-term care home resident dies in outbreak
The outbreak at a South Okanagan care home has claimed another life. Over the weekend,…
Four more schools in Kamloops have COVID-19 exposures
Four schools in Kamloops have had COVID-19 exposures in the past week. There have been…
13 deaths, 1,236 COVID-19 cases since Friday in B.C.
B.C. is turning its COVID-19 curve down for the time being, but new if variants…
B.C. nurses union says Interior Health failing Kamloops hospital workers during pandemic
The B.C. Nurses Union has some scathing criticism of Interior Health's handling of frontline workers…
Hudson’s Bay agrees to pay Penticton mall 50% of rent for now
Canada's oldest company has agreed to pay 50% of its rent in 2021 to a…
COVID-19 restrictions slowing arrival of foreign farmworkers
It promises to be another challenging year for British Columbia agriculturalists relying on foreign temporary…
B.C. man lost $3K hotel refund after email mix-up, judge says
A B.C. man is more than $3,000 out of pocket after an online booking company…
Kootenay International Junior Hockey League cancels season
Following the provincial health officer's extension on COVID-19 restructions, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League…
Provincial ski hill plan to curb COVID-19 numbers to be unveiled
The province has announced it will unveil a specialized action plan to curb COVID-19 at…
Kelowna woman celebrates 102nd birthday from apartment window
Kelowna resident Elsie Chandler wasn’t expecting visitors for her 102nd birthday but received an “amazing”…
New City of Kamloops-TRU initiative to tackle COVID economic recovery, social issues
The City of Kamloops is hoping a new partnership with Thompson Rivers University will be…
471 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 56 in Interior Health
Hundreds of new COVID-19 cases are reported in B.C. every day with 471 positive tests…
Vaccine supply issues delay rollout for B.C.’s elderly population: Dr. Bonnie Henry
B.C.’s elderly are being asked to be patient with the delay in getting vaccinated but…
UPDATE: B.C. COVID-19 rules on socializing and masks extended to end of the month
Rules against socializing outside your household and requiring masks in all public places will continue…
Further crackdowns on anti-COVID protesters may still be coming
Just because tickets haven’t been issued recently to two Kelowna groups violating COVID-19 restrictions doesn’t…
465 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 54 in Interior Health
While B.C.’s COVID-19 curve is bending in the right direction there are still hundreds of…
Surgeries postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak at Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital
Some elective surgeries have been postponed at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as 92 people…
200 students at Kamloops high school self isolating due to COVID-19 exposures
Interior Health remains reluctant to declare the Sa-Hali Secondary School exposure events an outbreak despite…
Central Okanagan’s COVID-19 curve heading back up
After showing a steady decline in new COVID-19 cases for some weeks now, the Central…
BREAKING: Masks mandatory in B.C. middle and high school classrooms
Many students, and all staff, will now be required to wear masks, at times, in…
Three good reasons not to fly south this winter
With the federal government imposing travel restrictions to sun belt destinations last week, that’s one…
B.C.’s demand for seeds skyrocketing as another pandemic spring looms
The start of the pandemic in March last year saw British Columbia seed sellers scrambling…
Public health teams, WorkSafeBC increasing COVID-19 transmission hot spot surveillance
B.C. health officials announced 414 new cases of COVID-19, Feb. 3, for a total of…