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No new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health region despite an outbreak in Kootenays
There were 68 new COVID-19 cases recorded in B.C. over the last 24 hours. None…
The COVID-19 numbers B.C.’s Health Minister thinks are most important
There’s no shortage of COVID-19 numbers being put out almost daily by Provincial Health Officer…
Community Health Centre coming to Lake Country
Lake Country will soon be getting a Community Health Centre. Health minister Adrian Dix said…
21 COVID-19 cases reported in Vernon since the start of pandemic
B.C. health authorities have been tight lipped about where most of the province’s COVID-19 cases…
Kelowna motorcyclist killed in head-on collision
A 30-year-old Kelowna woman was killed last night on Highway 33 east of Kelowna. She…
Seniors’ lives depend on changing COVID lockdowns in B.C. care homes: Seniors advocate
It will take two months before B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie can collect the data…
Interior Health is losing millions because of free parking rules
When COVID-19 hit B.C. hard in March, health minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer…
Neighbours of accused Kelowna hamster killer protest outside courthouse
A handful of people held a protest at the Kelowna courthouse today in an effort…
Kelowna’s Energyplex wants to add alcohol sales
While already billing itself as a “Family Fun Centre For All Ages,” Kelowna’s Energyplex wants…
This will be the Central Okanagan’s first hotel designed with COVID-19 in mind
A 115-room hotel currently under construction in Westbank First Nation will incorporate safe distancing and…
The Kelowna city staffers who took home the most money last year
It seems that, whenever there’s a complaint about something the City of Kelowna does, it’s…
90 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. in one day, including 6 in the Interior
There were 90 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. in the last 24 hours, including six…
People violating COVID-19 rules are now subject to $2,000 fines
Tough new penalties and fines of up to $2,000 were imposed today, Aug. 21, that…
Keeping out of each other’s faces is the best way to avoid the spread of COVID-19
Keeping two metres apart is recommended for safe-distancing to prevent COVID-19 but preventing close face-to-face…
Interior Health moving patients out of Penticton hospital as wildfire precaution
Residents of a Penticton care home and the city’s hospital are being shipped out of…
None of B.C.’s 80 new COVID-19 cases are in the Interior Health region
New COVID-19 cases continue to rise with 80 in the last 24 hours across the…
Summerland seniors home will continue to be administered by interior Health into next year
Interior Health took over the administration of the Summerland Seniors Village in February of this…
Students could be paid compensation after thousands of B.C. high school exam marks were messed up
The Ministry of Education has agreed to apologize to students after 18,741 Grade 12 final…
Okanagan Lake’s ‘full pool’ target hasn’t changed for decades, but maybe it should
Ongoing concerns about Okanagan Lake flooding has sparked the District of Peachland to suggest the…
Two Burns Lake men identified in connection to Wet’suwet’en cabin fire
Police in Houston, B.C. have identified two men who may be charged with arson after…
You can help these Mexican workers fired from a West Kelowna nursery
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to try to replace the income lost by two…
First woman to head Kelowna RCMP detachment is returning to her hometown
After being born and raised in Kelowna, RCMP Insp. Kara Triance will return this fall…
B.C. government unveils new cancer scanner in Kelowna
A new, state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner is being set up in the B.C. Cancer centre in…
44 homes near Beaverdell put on evacuation alert as Solomon Mtn fire burns nearby
The Solomon Mountain fire is burning about four kilometres north of Beaverdell and triggered an…