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B.C.’s COVID-19 vaccination program moves to Phase 2 next month
As the number of vaccines promised to B.C. increases, there is now some more clarity…
Time to move beyond COVID-19 and fix long-term care in B.C.: advocacy group
COVID-19 may have highlighted the failings of B.C.’s long-term care system but the problems were…
Kamloops continues to be hotbed for COVID-19 cases in B.C. Interior
The Kamloops Local Health Area had 41 per cent of new COVID-19 cases in the…
Why Canadians put their trust in the web for nutrition advice
More than half of Canadians trust social media and blogs over doctors and nutritionists, according…
449 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. including 58 in Interior Health
The COVID-19 case numbers continue to pile up by the hundreds in B.C. with another…
469 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 6 deaths
Between 400 and 500 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in B.C. every day…
Interior Health defends COVID-19 practices against nurses union criticism
Interior Health has issued a lengthy rebuttal to criticism from the B.C. Nurses Union, defending…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at two Kamloops group homes
Two group homes in Kamloops have been declared COVID-19 outbreak sites by Interior Health. Six…
Surgeries postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak at Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital
Some elective surgeries have been postponed at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as 92 people…
BREAKING: Masks mandatory in B.C. middle and high school classrooms
Many students, and all staff, will now be required to wear masks, at times, in…
Public health teams, WorkSafeBC increasing COVID-19 transmission hot spot surveillance
B.C. health officials announced 414 new cases of COVID-19, Feb. 3, for a total of…
Number of COVID-19 cases grow in outbreaks at Kamloops hospital, Okanagan care homes
The number of COVID-19 cases at health care facilities in the Interior Health region has…
B.C. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip undergoing kidney transplant
President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, is undergoing kidney…
Kamloops school district COVID-19 exposure events on the rise
Kamloops area schools have struggled with rising COVID-19 exposures, and the district's acting superintendent sees…
B.C. Children’s Hospital saves Kelowna family in countless ways
Like any toddler, Kolt Gross is struggling with teething. “It’s hell in a handbasket,” Kolt’s…
Drones to deliver medical supplies to northern B.C. First Nation
Drones will take to the sky delivering medical supplies to the Stellat’en First Nation after…
Following crackdown on social gatherings in B.C., workplaces the new COVID-19 hotspots
Between 30 and 40 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases in B.C. are happening…
514 new COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths in B.C. as vaccine supply dwindles
Another 514 B.C. residents tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, including 71…
Two more deaths at Noric House in Vernon
Two more people have died as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak at the Noric…
B.C. records 485 new COVID-19 cases on first anniversary of virus arriving in B.C.
It was a year ago today, on Jan. 27, 2020, that B.C. recorded its first…
Employee tests positive for COVID-19 at New Afton mine near Kamloops
An employee at the New Afton mine west of Kamloops has tested positive for COVID-19.…
B.C. needs to do more to drop its daily COVID-19 count: health officials
While down from the 900 or so daily cases of a few weeks ago, the…
BC’s safer drug supply program too slow to start and not working, users say
On Christmas Day, Jess Lamb needed three injectable vials of naloxone to revive her partner…
508 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 9 deaths
Another 508 B.C. residents have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, including…