Author Archives: Dave Barry
Ontario and Quebec set new COVID-19 case count records, hospitalizations climb
Ontario and Quebec are heading into a new year with record-setting COVID-19 case counts, as well as rising virus-related deaths and hospitalizations. Public health officials in Ontario reported 18,445...
Jan 01, 2022
B.C. implements more paid sick day policy on Saturday
VICTORIA - Workers in British Columbia are now eligible for five paid sick days as the provincial government brings in changes to the policy affecting workers. The government says eligible employees w...
Jan 01, 2022
New Year's Eve parties cancelled, moved online in cities across Canada
VANCOUVER - Canada's major cities are set to ring in the New Year with more of a gentle chime than a resounding clang, with many official celebrations cancelled or moved online for the second year in ...
Dec 31, 2021
B.C. reports 4,383 new COVID-19 cases, nearly 2,000 higher than previous daily high
KAMLOOPS - B.C. reported 4,383 new COVID-19 cases for Thursday (Dec. 30), nearly 2,000 more than the daily record.Locally, 501 of the new cases were reported in Interior Health. Active cases increased...
Dec 30, 2021
Interior Health rolls out take-home rapid tests
KAMLOOPS - With the highly transmissible Omicron variant, COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the Interior Health region.The health authority is now offering 15-minute take-home rapid tests to anyone fe...
Dec 30, 2021
B.C. marks two years since passing law to adopt declaration on Indigenous rights
VANCOUVER - British Columbia recently marked two years since passing legislation that requires the province to align its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, t...
Dec 30, 2021
Interior Health reports 374 new COVID-19 cases; 2,452 total Omicron cases reported in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - B.C. reports 2,944 new COVID-19 cases for Wednesday (Dec. 29) - a new daily high - with 374 of them in Interior Health. As of Wednesday, there have been 2,452 cases of the Omicron variant i...
Dec 29, 2021
Kamloops shelters operating at over capacity as cold weather persists
KAMLOOPS - As a cold snap continues across British Columbia, BC Housing is giving more money to homeless shelters, so they don't have to turn anyone away.The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) ...
Dec 29, 2021
B.C. Teachers Federation wants delay of school restart as COVID-19 cases surge
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Teachers Federation wants the province to delay the start of the winter term in public schools across B.C. as cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 mount. Several s...
Dec 29, 2021
Author Yann Martel, former senator Murray Sinclair among 135 named to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - In a renovated shed in his garden, author Yann Martel drafts and redrafts his best sellers. The novelist writes in English, although his first language is French, and his work - including "Li...
Dec 29, 2021
