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Covid-19
More Kelowna and Kamloops flights flagged for COVID-19 exposures
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting cases of COVID-19 on a pair of…
COVID cookbook: Okanagan College publish pandemic era recipes
It started with a conversation among Okanagan College library staff about keeping students engaged during…
Okanagan Christmas parties make COVID-19 shift in effort to keep morale up
With a lack of social gatherings this Christmas, people are getting creative about how they…
B.C. has some of the toughest Christmas COVID restrictions in Canada
When it comes to gathering for Christmas dinner, B.C. has the most stringent COVID-19 restrictions…
Big White shows skiers how to stay 6 feet apart
Big White Ski Resort members are suggesting an easy tip for skiers to measure how…
Plane landing in Kelowna carries passenger with COVID-19
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting that a passenger with COVID-19 flew on…
Two more deaths reported at Oliver’s McKinney Place care home
The COVID-19 outbreak at a South Okanagan care home continued to intensify today with the…
COVID-19 claims 11 more lives in B.C.; 624 new cases
There were 624 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. over the last 24 hours, for…
Kamloops drop-in centre closes after homeless volunteer tests positive for COVID-19
A Kamloops homeless man has tested positive for COVID-19 and a drop-centre for the homeless…
Civil liberties groups side with Vernon councillor’s push to lift ban on religious gatherings
A Vernon city councillor's motion put forward in an effort to overturn the provincial health…
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission hits the streets to deliver annual Christmas dinner
Kelowna's Gospel Mission will still be hosting a Christmas dinner this year, but due to…
Big White Ski Resort cancels hundreds of reservations in response to COVID-19 cluster
Big White Ski Resort’s cancellation of all reservations made by people from outside the Central…
Another 16 cases of COVID-19 confirmed at Big White Ski Resort
Another 16 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna.…
Be prepared for delays as B.C. begins taking applications for COVID-19 benefit
Today is the first day you can apply for the tax free B.C. COVID-19 recovery benefit,…
Popular Kelowna restaurant voluntarily closes after potential COVID-19 exposure
A locally-owned Kelowna restaurant has decided to voluntarily close its doors after a potential COVID-19…
These Kamloops doctors leveraged the power of social media to curb COVID-19 misinformation
Kamloops doctors have taken to social media to answer burning questions about COVID-19 and the…
B.C. reports 673 new cases of COVID-19; 21 new deaths
There were 673 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. in the past 24 hours, including…
Increase in Interior Health region COVID-19 cases concentrated in Oliver, Central Okanagan
Detailed mapping of new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region show a significant increase…
Relatives of B.C. long-term care residents threaten legal action against province
Legal action has been threatened against the B.C. government on behalf of relatives trying to…
COVID-19 propels B.C. Parks to its busiest year ever
British Columbia saw the silver lining of a COVID-19 disrupted year on the province’s park…
Absentees up in Central Okanagan schools as kids pulled for Christmas quarantine
Absenteeism has reached new heights in Central Okanagan classrooms, due to the combination of impending…
B.C. mom with COVID-19 meets newborn boy after waking from coma
It's been a harrowing month for an Abbotsford family after Gillian McIntosh, who had COVID-19,…
Kamloops New Afton gold mine confirms 4 COVID-19 cases
A gold and copper mine west of Kamloops has confirmed four contractors at the site…
640 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 24 deaths
B.C. health officials announced 640 new cases of COVID-19 today, raising the provincewide total to…