Covid-19

Two more COVID-19 deaths in Interior Health region
Two more people have died from COVID-19 in the Interior Health region in the last…

Threatening letters demand Okanagan mayors ‘cease and desist’ pandemic restrictions, vaccinations
Mayors across the Okanagan have been sent letters demanding the halt of the COVID-19 vaccinations…

564 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 15 deaths
The 95 new cases of COVID-19 in the Interior Health region in the last 24…

Big White Ski Resort loses $7.3 million in accommodation, lift ticket reservations
Since the the provincial health officer's travel advisories were issued in late November, Big White…

Petition urges B.C. government to close all borders
A petition started urging the province to close its borders due to a new COVID-19…

91 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health, 3 deaths
B.C. Health officials are reporting 500 new cases of COVID-19 today, Jan. 20, with 91…

COVID-19 vaccine roll out at care homes in Interior Health aimed at curbing deadly outbreaks
All residents and staff at long-term care homes in the Interior Health region will be…

Long-term care home outbreaks in Kelowna, Penticton declared over
The COVID-19 outbreaks at Village by the Station in Penticton and Mountainview Village in Kelowna…

Demand for foreign farm workers in Okanagan expected to increase
B.C.'s contingent of temporary foreign workers are starting to return to area farms, and this…

Kamloops care home reports first COVID-19 death
Interior Health is reporting a death associated with the COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone care…

COVID-19 cluster at Big White grows to 203
Twenty-eight more cases of COVID-19 are now linked to the Big White Mountain community cluster,…

61 more cases of COVID-19 within Interior Health; 465 cases in B.C.
B.C. health officials are reporting 465 new cases of COVID-19 overnight, for a total of…

31 COVID-19 deaths since Friday as B.C. marks one year of live-streamed updates
It’s been a year since B.C. started to get regular updates about COVID-19 and the…

Deadly outbreak at South Okanagan long-term care home declared over
A COVID-19 outbreak at an Oliver long-term care home that has taken 17 lives has…

Kelowna church hit with second $2,300 COVID-19 fine
A Kelowna church has been handed a second fine for violating public health orders by…