Covid-19

Kamloops city councillor tests positive for COVID-19
A Kamloops city councillor and his business partner have tested positive for COVID-19 resulting in…

Only 65% of staff at Kelowna long-term care facility with COVID-19 outbreak took vaccine
A Kelowna long-term care facility grappling with a COVID-19 outbreak had a relatively low buy-in…

1,462 new COVID-19 in B.C. since Friday; 72 in Interior Health
The outbreak at the Cottonwood long-term care facility is a reminder that vaccinations aren’t ironclad…

Interior Health to start vaccinating elderly population against COVID-19
Elderly British Columbians and Aboriginal people over the age of 65 will get to queue…

Central Okanagan schools see spike in potential COVID-19 exposures
Central Okanagan schools went two weeks without any potential COVID-19 exposures but that winning streak…

First of two COVID-19 outbreaks at Kelowna General Hospital declared over
The COVID-19 outbreak in unit 4B at Kelowna General Hospital has now been declared over.…

12 test positive for COVID-19 at Cottonwoods Care Centre in Kelowna
A Kelowna long-term care facility that had 82 per cent of its population immunized against…
Hotels and Airbnb rentals fared better in Kelowna than Kamloops throughout COVID-19
While the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the accommodation industry, Kelowna was not…

Artists and venues plan for ease of COVID-19 restrictions
COVID-19 restrictions may be putting an end to all social gatherings and events right now,…

March 17 will be a year since most families saw loved ones in long term care
Brenda Brophy and the dozens of people in her Facebook support group don’t want to…

Kamloops dry cleaner offers free service to people on the job hunt
Despite business dropping off by roughly 70% amid the pandemic, a Kamloops dry cleaning company…

New COVID-19 cases continue to climb in B.C. with 634 in 24 hours
Just as the province gets ready to start scheduling its mass vaccine rollout next week,…

New City of Kamloops-TRU initiative to tackle COVID economic recovery, social issues
The City of Kamloops is hoping a new partnership with Thompson Rivers University will be…

Kamloops leads the way as new COVID-19 cases rise in Interior Health
After four weeks of seeing the number of new COVID-19 cases decline in the Interior…

564 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 36 in Interior Health
As B.C. ramps up the COVID-19 immunization program, the number of new cases of infection…