Category Archives: Top News Stories
Community leader passes away
Rolli Cacchioni is being remembered as a devoted family man and beloved community figure.Central Okanagan Public Schools has announced that Cacchioni passed away Thursday (Mar. 4) as the result of a s...
Mar 05, 2021
UPDATE: Fire displaces five residents, two pets die
UPDATE 1:30 p.m. West Kelowna's fire chief says during the search operation at a house fire on Ponderosa Road, a firefighter fell thru the floor to the basement. "A rapid intervention team was activat...
Mar 04, 2021
B.C. Covid case count grows by 542, fewer active cases
B.C. recorded 542 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday (Mar. 3), including 43 within Interior Health. The numbers are included in an update provided by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. The new c...
Mar 03, 2021
WHL gets green light to play in B.C.
Kelowna and Kamloops will be the hub centres for the Western Hockey League's return to play in British Columbia.The Provincial Health Office has given its approval for the five B.C. Division teams to ...
Mar 02, 2021
B.C. Covid update Wednesday: 456 new cases, 30 in Interior Health
The province is reporting 456 new Covid-19 cases in British Columbia. It raises the number of active cases to 4,668, with 237 of those in hospital, 64 in critical or intensive care. New case counts by...
Feb 24, 2021
B.C. Covid update Monday: 1,425 new cases, eight deaths
There were 1,428 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia over the weekend, or an average of 476 a day. That includes 504 new cases on Saturday, 475 on Sunday and 449 on Monday. New case counts by he...
Feb 22, 2021
COVID outbreak declared on Kelowna General Hospital unit
Interior Health has declared COVID-19 outbreak on unit 4B at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). Four patients and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19. An investigation is ongoing and patie...
Feb 22, 2021
B.C.'s COVID case count jumps by 617 — but only 17 in Interior Health
B.C. has recorded an eye-opening increase in COVID-19 cases, but very few of them were found in Interior Health.In a prepared update, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said there were 617 new...
Feb 18, 2021
B.C. sees 427 new COVID-19 cases; 47 in Interior Health
B.C. is reporting 427 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday (Feb. 17), including 47 within Interior Health. The new figures came in a prepared statement from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. Ther...
Feb 17, 2021
COVID-19 update: 449 new cases, nine deaths
Another 449 cases of COVID-19 were reported in B.C. on Thursday. Fifty-eight (58) cases were in Interior Health, 93 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 242 in Fraser Health, 19 in Island Health an...
Feb 11, 2021
