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B.C. Covid cases hit two-month high
B.C. has recorded its highest daily Covid-19 case count in more than two months.The province announced 737 cases on Friday, the highest number since Jan. 7, raising the total to 90,786.The majority of...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C. records 622 new Covid cases, 136 variant cases
B.C. has recorded 622 new cases of Covid-19 Thursday (Mar. 18) and has identified 136 new cases as variants of concern. The new totals were included in an update prepared by Provincial Health Officer ...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C.'s vaccine rollout ahead of schedule; front-line workers get priority
Front-line workers, including first responders, grocery store employees, teachers and child care workers, will be among 300,000 B.C. residents eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations over the coming weeks ...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C. Covid cases jump; active cases soar past 5,000
B.C. has recorded it's highest single-day COVID-19 case count in weeks. In a prepared statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported another 648 cases of COVID-19 Friday (Mar. 12), inc...
Mar 12, 2021
Dr. Henry eases B.C. restriction on pandemic's one year anniversary
"Indeed, this has been a year." That's how Dr. Bonnie Henry started her Covid-19 update today, on the one year anniversary of the global pandemic being declared. https://youtu.be/c3QI-3RN7lo The provi...
Mar 11, 2021
B.C. Covid update: 531 new cases, new vaccine arrives
Another 531 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in B.C. which includes 42 in Interior Health. There are 51 new variant cases, and one new death. The latest fatality increased the total from the v...
Mar 10, 2021
B.C. Covid update: 1,462 new cases; rules on gatherings could be relaxed
British Columbia is reporting 1,462 new Covid-19 cases since Friday, or an average of 487 a day. There were 79 new cases in Interior Health, and there were 11 more deaths (total 1,391). https://youtu....
Mar 08, 2021
Covid-19 vaccine booking lines overwhelmed with calls
Call centres in B.C. to help residents make appointments for Covid-19 vaccines have been overwhelmed with calls on this the opening day to make bookings.Health Minister Adrian Dix said 1.7 million cal...
Mar 08, 2021
Second unit at Kelowna General Hospital has Covid-19 outbreak
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on unit 5B at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). As of Saturday morning, one patient and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19. There is no e...
Mar 06, 2021
$66.5-million for new student housing at Okanagan College in Vernon, Kelowna & Salmon Arm
The B.C. government has announced $66.5-million in funding for new student housing at three campuses of Okanagan College (OC). At a virtual news conference Friday, Vernon-Monashee MLA Harwinder Sandhu...
Mar 05, 2021
