Covid-19

Increase in Interior Health region COVID-19 cases concentrated in Oliver, Central Okanagan
Detailed mapping of new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region show a significant increase…

Absentees up in Central Okanagan schools as kids pulled for Christmas quarantine
Absenteeism has reached new heights in Central Okanagan classrooms, due to the combination of impending…

B.C. mom with COVID-19 meets newborn boy after waking from coma
It's been a harrowing month for an Abbotsford family after Gillian McIntosh, who had COVID-19,…

Interior Health region COVID-19 cases approaching 3,000 mark
With 91 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, there have now been 2,998…

Kamloops New Afton gold mine confirms 4 COVID-19 cases
A gold and copper mine west of Kamloops has confirmed four contractors at the site…

COVID-19 propels B.C. Parks to its busiest year ever
British Columbia saw the silver lining of a COVID-19 disrupted year on the province’s park…

640 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 24 deaths
B.C. health officials announced 640 new cases of COVID-19 today, raising the provincewide total to…

Big White Ski Resort fires staff over COVID-19 cluster
Big White Ski Resort has fired several employees following a cluster of COVID-19 cases related…

More COVID-19 cases expected as testing continues at Big White
The cluster of 60 people associated with Big White Ski Resort may grow as more…

Kamloops, Okanagan women face additional pregnancy challenges during pandemic
Kaelyn Kraushar gave birth to her second child at Vernon Jubilee Hospital eight weeks ago…

COVID-19 exposure reported on Kamloops flight
A flight from Kamloops had a passenger aboard with a confirmed case COVID-19, meaning those…

Vernon care aide says late pandemic pay will impact this Christmas
Every working day, care aides in long term care homes in B.C. work long and…

South Okanagan long-term care home resident dies of COVID-19
A woman in her 70s has died at a long-term care home in Oliver. An…

21 COVID-19 deaths in B.C; 522 new cases
The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues in B.C. with 21 deaths and 522…

UPDATE: 60 COVID-19 cases now linked to Big White Ski Resort
Interior Health has identified 60 cases of COVID-19 related to Big White; mostly from transmission…