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8 COVID-19 outbreaks remain at care homes, hospital across Interior
Interior Health is listing seven long-term care homes and one hospital in the region that…
34 COVID deaths in Interior Health over past three weeks
While COVID doesn’t get the headlines these days that it once did, it’s still with…
Majority of Canadians want public inquiry into government’s pandemic response
The majority of Canadians would like to see a public inquiry into the way various…
Another COVID-19 outbreak announced at Okanagan hospital
A second COVID-19 outbreak at an Okanagan hospital has been announced this month. Interior Health…
B.C. patients lost average of $2,600 in wages while waiting for healthcare in 2021: study
Medical wait times in Canada cost over $4 billion last year in lost wages, but…
No staff infected in COVID outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital
Twenty-one patients on the Kelowna General Hospital rehabilitation ward have been infected with COVID-19 but so…
RISK OF INFECTION: How long is too long when it comes to new COVID subvariant exposure?
Back in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities said a person needed…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna hospital
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Kelowna General Hospital. Interior Health announced the outbreak…
New COVID data shows 80 people are in Interior Health hospitals with a positive test result
While parts of Canada struggle under COVID’s sixth wave and provinces like Ontario and Quebec…
JONESIE: Kelowna’s soulless city and the tyranny of privacy
OPINION This week we told you about Rick Halisheff, a musician in Kelowna who is…
Hundreds suffering from long-COVID in Interior Health may get clinic closer to home
With hundreds of residents in the Interior Health region suffering lingering COVID symptoms months after…
No long COVID clinics in Interior Health despite hundreds of possible cases
Even though hundreds, if not thousands, of Interior Health residents suffer long-term effects from COVID-19,…
Severe COVID cases continue gradual climb in B.C.
The number of people in B.C. hospitals has slowly increased this week from 274 on…
Why only a select group is being offered a fourth COVID-19 vaccine in B.C. – for now
As the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be fading into the sunset in B.C., provincial health…
4th COVID shots starting for key groups in B.C. as vaccine cards are removed
People most vulnerable to getting hospitalized with COVID are starting to get a fourth vaccine…