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B.C. lacks key data on COVID patients who end up back in hospital
Thousands of British Columbians who were hospitalized due to COVID-19 are likely returning to the…
Vernon Christian School closed due to COVID
The Vernon Christian School has closed due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. School board…
Interior Health care homes, hospital still dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks
COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes are ongoing throughout Kamloops and the Okanagan, although the numbers…
Kamloops woman recognized for leading effort to make 14K COVID masks
A Kamloops women, who initiated the creation and distribution of over 14,000 COVID masks to…
COVID-19 hammering B.C. Interior’s two biggest hospitals: health officials
The two largest hospitals in the Interior Health region are feeling the effects of the…
West Kelowna schools have the most COVID-19 exposures in Interior Health
Three of the four ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks at schools within Interior Health are in the…
Enderby elementary school closed due to COVID outbreak
An Enderby elementary school has closed for the week following a COVID-19 outbreak. M.V. Beattie…
COVID-19 outbreaks close six operating rooms in Kamloops
Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has forced the closure of six…
Interior residents stranded by closed B.C. highways don’t need COVID test to get home through U.S.
The normal requirements for Canadians returning to Canada from the U.S. by land are being…
Anti-maskers lose their cases at B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has struck down two complaints from anti-maskers who argued the…
Vaccines for children available in B.C. starting Monday
The Pfizer pediatric vaccine is arriving in the Lower Mainland today but it will take…
B.C. Tribunal rules ballet lessons via Zoom not good enough reason for a refund
A B.C. woman has lost a case at small claims court after it ruled she…
Why gas prices for Kamloops, Okanagan are heading back down
Even though restrictions were placed on fuel consumption throughout B.C.’s coastal communities while the government…
Why a B.C. Airbnb host’s generosity backfired
A B.C. Airbnb host who thought he was being generous by offering a couple whose…
$5K bribe didn’t stop daughter of Kamloops doctor from getting COVID jab
A former Royal Inland Hospital anesthesiologist tried to bribe her daughter to dissuade her from…