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Feds say all large provinces need stronger COVID-19 response 'now'
New federal forecasts say all large provinces need to strengthen their COVID-19 response "now," with data suggesting the death toll could hit nearly 15,000 on Christmas Day. Updated modelling indicate...
Dec 11, 2020
B.C.'s COVID-19 death toll swells by 28; case count eclipses 40,000 with 723 newly diagnosed
VICTORIA - Thursday (Dec. 10) is now the deadliest day of B.C.'s COVID-19 pandemic. In her regular briefing, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 28 more deaths due to the virus in the ...
Dec 10, 2020
Budget officer urges smaller, faster stimulus plan amid warning Liberals missing mark
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is taking aim at the federal Liberal government's new spending plan, saying if the purpose is to help the economy recover from COVID-19, it risks missing the mark...
Dec 10, 2020
Long-term care workers to get priority vaccination in B.C. to protect elderly: doctor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says health-care workers in long-term care facilities and intensive care units will be the first to be immunized against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine start...
Dec 09, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine approved in Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, the first to be given the green light for national use. Canada is set to receive four million doses of the Pfizer vac...
Dec 09, 2020
B.C. records lowest single-day COVID-19 case count in weeks — but 16 more deaths
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials are reporting 566 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Dec. 8), the lowest single-day case count since November 19. There were 74 new cases found within Interior Healt...
Dec 08, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak at RIH Patient Care Tower project declared over
KAMLOOPS - A COVID-19 outbreak called more than one month ago at the Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower has now been declared over.Interior Health (IH) informed the community of the declaration ...
Dec 08, 2020
A quiet Christmas ahead as B.C. extends restrictions on holiday gatherings
VICTORIA - Current restrictions around events, and gatherings have been extended through to the new year, as British Columbia saw 35 more deaths, and 2,020 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. Prov...
Dec 07, 2020
Deadline is up for COVID restrictions in B.C., although top doctor hints at extension
VICTORIA - Provincewide COVID-19 restrictions are supposed to be lifted in British Columbia today, but there are indications that health officials will extend limits on events, sports and social gathe...
Dec 07, 2020
Beloved youth homelessness prevention advocate Katherine McParland passes away
KAMLOOPS - A well-known community pillar, and head of the A Way Home Kamloops organization has passed away. According to posts made by friends on social media, Katherine McParland died this weekend (D...
Dec 06, 2020
