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Covid-19
COVID-19: A timeline of the pandemic and how it changed our lives over the past year
As of today, Jan. 21, it has been one year since Provincial Health Officer Dr.…
Threatening letters demand Okanagan mayors ‘cease and desist’ pandemic restrictions, vaccinations
Mayors across the Okanagan have been sent letters demanding the halt of the COVID-19 vaccinations…
Two more COVID-19 deaths in Interior Health region
Two more people have died from COVID-19 in the Interior Health region in the last…
564 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 15 deaths
The 95 new cases of COVID-19 in the Interior Health region in the last 24…
Big White Ski Resort loses $7.3 million in accommodation, lift ticket reservations
Since the the provincial health officer's travel advisories were issued in late November, Big White…
Petition urges B.C. government to close all borders
A petition started urging the province to close its borders due to a new COVID-19…
91 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health, 3 deaths
B.C. Health officials are reporting 500 new cases of COVID-19 today, Jan. 20, with 91…
COVID-19 vaccine roll out at care homes in Interior Health aimed at curbing deadly outbreaks
All residents and staff at long-term care homes in the Interior Health region will be…
Long-term care home outbreaks in Kelowna, Penticton declared over
The COVID-19 outbreaks at Village by the Station in Penticton and Mountainview Village in Kelowna…
Demand for foreign farm workers in Okanagan expected to increase
B.C.'s contingent of temporary foreign workers are starting to return to area farms, and this…
Kamloops care home reports first COVID-19 death
Interior Health is reporting a death associated with the COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone care…
COVID-19 cluster at Big White grows to 203
Twenty-eight more cases of COVID-19 are now linked to the Big White Mountain community cluster,…
61 more cases of COVID-19 within Interior Health; 465 cases in B.C.
B.C. health officials are reporting 465 new cases of COVID-19 overnight, for a total of…
31 COVID-19 deaths since Friday as B.C. marks one year of live-streamed updates
It’s been a year since B.C. started to get regular updates about COVID-19 and the…
Deadly outbreak at South Okanagan long-term care home declared over
A COVID-19 outbreak at an Oliver long-term care home that has taken 17 lives has…
Kelowna church hit with second $2,300 COVID-19 fine
A Kelowna church has been handed a second fine for violating public health orders by…
More than 200 people under 30 with COVID-19 hospitalized in B.C.
While people over 80 are the most likely to get extremely ill and die from…
Three more Kamloops schools reporting COVID-19 exposures
Another three Kamloops schools have had recent COVID-19 exposures in the Kamloops-Thompson school district. Three…
Thinking of a backyard pool this summer? It may be too late in the Thompson Okanagan
Last year’s outbreak of COVID-19 bolstered an already busy swimming pool market in Kamloops and…
B.C. correctional facilities to receive COVID-19 vaccine in February, March
British Columbia’s vaccination strategy will see staff and inmates at Okanagan Correctional Centre, Kamloops Regional…
More COVID-19 school exposures announced in more Southern Interior cities
In the two weeks since school got back underway, the number of school exposures has…
Okanagan teachers burnt out before Christmas, still nervous for what’s to come
Schools in the Central Okanagan were challenged by COVID-19 as 2020 came to a close,…
2 more COVID-19 deaths brings death toll at Vernon care home to 7
Two more people have died as the result of the COVID-19 outbreak at the Heritage…
Penticton 7-Eleven closed due to COVID-19 case
A positive case of COVID-19 at Penticton's 7-Eleven has forced the company to temporarily close…