Covid-19

Big jump in B.C. COVID-19 cases to 737
New COVID-19 case numbers in B.C. are at one of the highest levels this year…

Few B.C. workers get compensation for catching COVID-19 on the job
With 30 to 40 per cent of new COVID-19 cases being transmitted in workplaces in…

622 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 30 in Interior Health
With hundreds of new COVID-19 cases being recorded in B.C. every day, people have to…

UPDATE: B.C. frontline workers can start booking vaccines in April
An estimated 300,000 frontline workers in B.C. can start booking appointments to get the AstraZeneca…

As vaccine rollout ramps up in B.C. don’t let your COVID-19 guard down just yet
Despite plans to have almost a quarter of B.C.’s population vaccinated by the end of…

National park reservation system launches in April
Parks Canada is urging campers to be ready for this year’s reservation service as they…

Deaths from COVID-19 trending younger in B.C.
Now that all residents and staff in long-term care homes in B.C. have been offered…

Higher COVID-19 case numbers reported in Okanagan
The latest data on new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region shows a shift…

Vernon grocery store is seeing rise in anti-mask customers
Grocery store manager Tamsen Guidi clearly sounds a bit defeated. Almost four months after the…

WorksafeBC dealt with more than 4,000 COVID-19 claims
More than 4,000 claims have been filed with WorksafeBC by workers who say they got…

498 cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 31 in Interior Health
B.C. health officials announced 498 new COVID-19 cases today, 31 of which were within Interior…

Kamloops residents relieved to be getting the jab
The first of two COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Kamloops opened at the McArthur Island Sports…

WorkSafeBC increasing presence for St. Patrick’s Day booze ban
WorkSafeBC will be out ensuring COVID-19 measures are being properly followed by certain businesses for…

16 cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health, 556 in B.C.
B.C. health officials are reporting 556 new cases of COVID-19, 16 of which within Interior…

Teachers’ union calls for mask wearing in B.C. elementary schools
Elementary school teachers in B.C. are three times more likely to get COVID-19 as high…