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New daily high for B.C. Covid cases
A new daily record was set for Covid-19 cases in B.C. Thursday, with 1,293 new cases. That surpasses the previous high of 1,077 on April 3, and raises the overall total to 108,278. https://youtu.be/F8...
Corey Fischer Apr 08, 2021

B.C. Covid update Wednesday: 997 new cases, one death tied to VJH outbreak
B.C. is reporting another 997 Covid-19 cases, which is just slightly higher than the province's seven-day average (993). Interior Health had 91 of the new cases (9.1 per cent), with 356 in Vancouver C...
Corey Fischer Apr 07, 2021

UPDATE Fire causes major damage at condo construction site in Kelowna
UPDATE 4:05 p.m. RCMP and the Kelowna Fire Department have yet to issue an update on a Kelowna construction site fire since just after 6 a.m. this morning, but the City of Kelowna has issued informati...
Corey Fischer Apr 06, 2021

B.C. Covid update: 1,068 new cases, with 106 in Interior
B.C. is reporting 1,068 new Covid-19 cases, the third highest total since the pandemic started. It raises the overall total to 105,988 cases. Of the new cases, 352 are in Vancouver Coastal Health, 492...
Corey Fischer Apr 06, 2021

B.C. Covid update: 1,889 new cases over two days, 23 deaths over long weekend
B.C. had 999 new Covid-19 cases between Saturday and Sunday, and another 890 cases from Sunday to today, for a total of 1,889. Those totals are down a bit from the record highs earlier in the long wee...
Corey Fischer Apr 05, 2021

B.C. Covid cases setting new records over long weekend
B.C.'s Health Ministry updated the Covid-19 cases midway through the Easter long weekend, and the news was not good. New daily case records were set from Apr. 1-2 (Thursday to Friday) with 1,018, and ...
Corey Fischer Apr 03, 2021

New daily high for B.C. Covid cases with 1,013
New Covid-19 cases continue to skyrocket in B.C. The province reported 1,013 cases on Wednesday, a record daily high since the pandemic started. The total number of cases also surpassed a milestone, w...
Corey Fischer Mar 31, 2021

Restrictions on B.C. restaurants, pubs and gyms brought back amid rising Covid cases
Dr. Bonnie Henry called it a day to reflect and make some changes. On Monday, the provincial health officer reported 2,518 new Covid-19 cases in British Columbia since Friday, or an average of 839 a d...
Corey Fischer Mar 29, 2021

New surge in B.C. COVID-19 cases
B.C. is experiencing a new wave of COVID-19 infections and that has provincial health officials very concerned.There were 908 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the majority in the Lower Mainlan...
Corey Fischer Mar 26, 2021

WestJet adds 11 routes in Western Canada, two in Kelowna
WestJet has announced 11 new domestic routes across Western Canada, two of them involving Kelowna International Airport.The company will offer twice weekly flights from Kelowna to Regina and Saskatoon...
Corey Fischer Mar 26, 2021

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