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Deadly COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Kamloops’s Royal Inland Hospital
The COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops is over. The outbreak on 6…
Outbreak declared over at Vernon retirement residence
The COVID-19 outbreak at Carrington Place Retirement Residence in Vernon was declared over today, Feb.…
‘A Matter of Trust’: The grim reality behind Indigenous vaccine fears
Devin Sampare is clear that he’s not an anti-vaxxer. “My children got all the same…
New home construction leading economic recovery in Thompson-Okanagan: report
There was a 13.3 per cent drop in new home construction starts in the Thompson-Okanagan…
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…
Westbank bakery permanently closes due to COVID-19
For the last five years, Bliss Bakery has operated one of its three locations on…
Interior Health declares outbreak at Merritt long-term care facility
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care facility in Merritt after…
Kamloops’s COVID-swab ‘champion’ nurse sharing tips on social media
A Kamloops nurse has gone viral on Tik Tok after posting a how-to for COVID-19…
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…
City of Kamloops employee tests positive for COVID-19
An employee with the City of Kamloops is self isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.…
No new COVID-19 cases in more than a week at Penticton Indian Band
The Penticton Indian Band has gone eight days without a positive COVID-19 test result. The…
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…