pandemic
SD23 chair frustrated COVID-19 vaccine guidelines released after policy left to boards
The chair of the Central Okanagan school board is frustrated with the province’s new guidelines…
Columbia-Shuswap regional district developing vaccination policy for staff, directors
Columbia-Shuswap Regional District staff are bringing a policy to the board next month to implement…
JONESIE: In defence of reporting from unnamed sources
OPINION It’s always a risk as a journalist using information provided by unnamed sources. It’s…
TNRD directors have one clear dissenter to a vaccine mandate for employees, directors
Thompson Nicola Regional District directors are looking at implementing their own COVID-19 vaccine policy for…
26 new B.C. COVID deaths over weekend; 5 in Interior Health
There were 1,846 new cases of COVID-19 reported in B.C. over the weekend and of…
101 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health
The province is reporting 667 new cases of COVID-19 B.C. since yesterday, with 101 of…
JONESIE: Where real men go to get their hair cut
OPINION Eighteen months was long enough. It had to be done. I had to finally…
Five new COVID-19 deaths in Interior Health
Of the nine COVID-19-related deaths in B.C. reported since yesterday, five were in the Interior…
Sorrento Elementary closed due to COVID-19 exposures
The Sorrento Elementary School has closed its doors until Monday after COVID-19 exposures led at…
B.C. preparing to vaccinate kids younger than 12 against COVID-19
B.C. is preparing to offer COVID-19 vaccines to kids younger than 12 once it has…
JONESIE: Kelowna Mayor Norm Letnick and MLA Colin Basran? That’s the plan for 2022
OPINION Want to be the mayor of Kelowna? Someone’s going to need to step up…
COVID-19 exposures force partial closure of Kamloops school
After numerous students at a Kamloops Catholic school have been isolated due to COVID-19 exposures,…
2,239 new B.C. COVID cases over weekend; 525 in Interior Health
There were 525 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Interior Health region over the…
Vaccination rates at TRU are higher than the rest of Kamloops
The rate of fully vaccinated individuals on the university campus in Kamloops is nearly 10%…
COVID impact on hotels in Kamloops, Okanagan far worse this year than 2020
Even though B.C. and the world were locked down during the early days of the…