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Comedian Seth Rogen responds to premier’s request, tells B.C. young people to smoke weed alone instead of party
A day after Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds responded to the B.C. premier's request to help…
We asked, you answered: Thompson Okanagan residents weigh in on mandatory mask debate in school
Masks will not be required in B.C. schools this September but a petition launched by…
Locked in long term care ‘prison:’ Woman asks for assisted suicide rather than continue in COVID-19 isolation
After months of being locked up in her long term care room, 78-year-old Shirley Turton…
No new COVID-19 deaths in B.C. despite another big increase in case numbers
COVID-19 continues to rear its ugly head in B.C. with another 84 new cases in…
Deadpool responds to Premier Horgan’s request for help to reach young people
Ryan Reynolds has responded to the premier's request for assistance to help the younger generation…
COVID-19 case identified on WestJet flight landing in Kelowna
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has announced a recent COVID-19 case on a flight…
Anyone holding large parties in B.C. this weekend should expect ‘consequences’
Health Minister Adrian Dix has drawn a line in the sand and warned against violating…
Second COVID-19 outbreak at the Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver
There have been 78 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours in B.C, including…
Petition asks B.C. to provide online option for back-to-school
A petition has been created calling on B.C.'s education minister to create an online schooling…
Still want visitors to the Central Okanagan this fall? Tourism Kelowna wants to know
Tourism Kelowna is launching a new on-line survey to see how willing Central Okanagan residents…
6-year-old Kamloops girl gets birthday cards, gifts from around the globe
People from all over the world worked to make a Kamloops girl’s birthday a little…
ALDO shoe stores in Kelowna and Kamloops closing
ALDO shoe store locations in Kelowna and Kamloops are closing as part of the company's…
Face coverings mandated, but not enforced at Kelowna Walmart
Mask wearing is now requested at Kelowna’s Walmart Supercentre but little is being done to…
85 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. marks third highest jump since pandemic began
There were 85 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. over the last 24 hours, marking…
B.C. premier calls on Ryan Reynolds and Seth Rogen to help amplify COVID-19 conversation
B.C. premier John Horgan has called on some homegrown star power to help deal with…
Horgan, Henry stress masks last line of defence, not an ‘invincibility shield’
The premier and B.C.'s top doctor continue to defend the province's policy that mask wearing…
B.C. to hire 500 more contact tracers in response to COVID-19
There will be 500 people hired in September to boost the ranks of people who…
B.C. students to be back in classrooms Sept. 10 for orientation
B.C.'s education minister has offered parents further insight to what the beginning of this school…
B.C. parents consider dropping kids out of school and taking on a new role
Angela Wall decided to pull her children out of the upcoming year of public school…
Car sales getting back to normal in B.C., Canada
It may just be pent-up demand caused by a crash in new car sales during…
Federal conservative leadership candidate disregards masks, social distancing at Kelowna function
Derek Sloan, who is running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, is…
Dr. Henry asks residents to ‘bend the curve, not the rules’ as 46 new B.C. COVID-19 cases reported
B.C. is reporting 46 new cases of COVID-19 today, pushing the total since the start…
Another COVID-19 exposure risk at Kelowna Cactus Club; 161 cases now linked to Kelowna
Another date when people at the Cactus Club on Water Street may have been exposed…
Campaign launched to find restaurant-goers with good COVID-19 behaviour
With recent reports of unruly customers taking out their frustrations on restaurant staff, the B.C. Restaurant…