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How to spot the signs of an eating disorder and get help
KAMLOOPS - Eating disorders are on the rise and treatment is harder to come by due to the pandemic.Staff at the National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) have seen a 59 per cent increase in ...
Feb 03, 2022
Embrace the season for the PLAYKamloops How to Play Winter Challenge
KAMLOOPS - While February is the shortest month of any year, when the winter doldrums set in it can feel like the longest. Here in Kamloops, there's a group trying to encourage residents to get outsid...
Feb 03, 2022
B.C. hits 90 per cent first dose vaccine rate for residents five and up
VICTORIA - B.C. hit the 90 per cent milestone for residents aged five and older receiving at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.As of Wednesday (Feb. 2), B.C.'s Ministry of Health reports 90 per cent ...
Feb 02, 2022
ASK Wellness' affordable housing complex for seniors opens
KAMLOOPS - ASK Wellness' 37-unit seniors housing complex, honouring one of its greatest supporters Cookie Reimer, officially opened on Tuesday (Feb. 1).Ground broke for Cookie's Place in August, 2020....
James Peters Feb 02, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations ease slightly, remain above 1,000
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Ministry of Health reports 1,035 COVID-19 hospitalizations for Tuesday (Feb. 1), a decrease of 13 since Monday.Of those patients, 139 are in intensive care, a slight increase of one....
Feb 01, 2022
B.C. surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time
VICTORIA - For the first time amid the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C. has more than 1,000 patients in hospital with the virus.According to B.C.'s Ministry of Health, 1,048 patients are in hospital for Monday...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2022
Families in Interior Health encouraged to book COVID-19 pediatric vaccines as second dose eligibility increases
INTERIOR REGION - Pediatricians and Interior Health are encouraging parents to get their households vaccinated against COVID-19 before Family Day in February. So far more than half of children aged fi...
James Peters Jan 28, 2022
Canada's top doctor says severe illness trends are still rising in most jurisdictions
Canada's top doctor says even though the average daily COVID-19 case count across the country is down 30 per cent compared to last week, it's not an accurate reflection of the state of the pandemic. D...
James Peters Jan 27, 2022
COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone declared over, B.C. reports 21 deaths
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone has been declared over.According to B.C.'s Ministry of Health, new COVID-19 outbreaks were declared at five healthcare facilities on Wednesday...
Dave Barry Jan 26, 2022
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Gillis House in Merritt
KAMLOOPS - A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Gillis House in Merritt on Saturday (Jan. 22).Interior Health states in its health facility disease outbreaks page that Units A and B are affected in the...
Aaron Schulze Jan 24, 2022
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