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All B.C. residents will be able to get COVID booster shots
With almost 90% of B.C. residents now being fully vaccinated, people can now start getting…
Penticton latest to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for staff, politicians
The City of Penticton has joined a growing number of municipal governments and will be…
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…
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…
Therapy dogs help alleviate stress at Vernon COVID vaccination clinic
Two dogs with a very important job are helping people get vaccinated in Vernon this…
Hard copies can’t be used to prove vaccine status in B.C. starting today
Hard copies of COVID vaccine documents are no longer valid as of today, Sept. 26.…
Vernon bistro intent on defying vaccine passports may lose liquor licence
The owner of Midtown Bistro in Vernon said she is willing to face fines and…
Penticton brewery changes course, will require proof of vaccine
A Penticton entrepreneur who openly defied B.C.'s vaccine passport system has made a shift in…
Penticton brewery that took anti-vaccine card stance moves to takeout model
A Penticton brewery is moving to a counter service and takeout model after it announced…
Pastafarians seek religious exemption from exposure to the unvaccinated
It may have come as a surprise when the province announced public health orders that…
Proof of vaccination now required at some city facilities in Okanagan, Kamloops
COVID-19 vaccine proof is now required to use some municipal facilities in the Okanagan and…
Sun Peaks doctor not giving in to patient requests for false vaccine exemptions
A doctor in Sun Peaks is refusing to write what he calls fraudulent letters after…
Penticton Chamber finds majority of members support vaccine passport
A survey of business owners in the Penticton area found that 71% of respondents are…
COVID-19 vaccine requirements on the way for CN Rail employees
COVID-19 vaccines will be mandatory for all employees at Canadian National Railway come November. CN…
Roughly half of Thompson Okanagan students have received their 2nd COVID-19 shot
Roughly half of Thompson Okanagan students have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine…
iN VIDEO: After dodging the question, Kelowna-Lake Country candidate announces she is vaccinated
In the Kelowna Lake Country riding, Conservative candidate Tracy Gray is no longer trying to…
‘How dare you’: Healthcare workers react to rally against COVID vaccine cards at Kelowna General
A Kelowna operating room doctor says he has never been so disappointed in his community…
iN VIDEO: Vernon immigrant society’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign in running for $100K prize
The Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society is vying to win $100,000 for…
Kamloops nurse worried vaccine protest at hospital will bring disruptions
A protest slated to take place in front of hospitals in Kamloops and Kelowna is…
Vaccine card mandate a step too far for some Kamloops, Okanagan businesses
Vaccine cards will soon be required to access certain services or attend certain events in…
More than 500 people in Revelstoke asked to re-book COVID jab; vaccine stored in wrong freezer
Over 500 COVID-19 immunizations in Revelstoke are being rebooked after it was discovered the doses…
Kelowna man asks unvaccinated to get jab after mom dies from COVID-19
A Kelowna man is asking others to get their COVID-19 vaccines after his unvaccinated mother…
New mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics to be available this week
Interior Health is hosting new drop-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics following the announcement that new mask…
Helping the anxious and the fainters at COVID vaccine clinics in southern Interior
St. John Ambulance volunteers have been supporting COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the southern Interior with…