Covid-19

Kelowna doctor in upcoming court challenge of vaccine mandates for healthcare workers
Court dates have seen set for a challenge of the province’s requirement that healthcare workers…

Anti-vaxxer loses fight with union after being fired by Interior Health
A B.C. health care worker has lost a legal fight against her union after she…

B.C.’s youngest children can start COVID vaccinations in three weeks
Now that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in Canada, B.C. parents can start…

Low vaccination rates in Interior Health means third Omicron wave hitting harder
B.C. is moving into a third wave of the Omicron variant of COVID as cases…

A dozen Interior Health residents still dying every week from COVID-19
While the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us, it has almost disappeared from the headlines.…

JONESIE: Public art exposes politicians for who they really are
OPINION In 2005, Kelowna turned 100 and boy did it have big plans to celebrate.…
Another COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna hospital
For the second time this month, a COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Kelowna General…

Thousands in Kamloops, Kelowna still waiting for postponed orthopaedic surgeries
Despite the B.C. government’s statement that it has caught up on almost all surgeries postponed…

Lillooet woman waiting for months, had five cancellations for knee surgery at Kamloops hospital
A woman in Lillooet has waited more than seven months and endured five cancellations for…

Hundreds of Interior Health employees called in sick during Omicron wave
Between 800 to 900 Interior Health employees called in sick during the peak of COVID-19’s…

Kamloops mother, baby sent to Kelowna after closure of pediatric ward at Royal Inland Hospital
A Kamloops mother and her three-week-old baby were transported to Kelowna General Hospital from Royal…

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna General Hospital
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital. The outbreak is restricted…

‘Exhausting and heartbreaking’: The other side of eased COVID measures in B.C.
“Since protections lifted, I don’t leave the house,” says Jaigris Hodson. Hodson is being treated…

Interior Health leading the way in B.C. with latest COVID variant
As if Omicron and Omicron BA2 were not making far too many people sick with…

Group suing Dr. Bonnie Henry can move forward with class-action case
A B.C. group suing Dr. Bonnie Henry has won the right to proceed to the…