Tag Archives: Health
'Two weeks too late'; Kamloops parent pushing for faster contact tracing and school exposure notices
KAMLOOPS - Parents at Arthur Stevenson Elementary in Kamloops are voicing concerns over the amount of time it took to be notified of their children's exposure to COVID-19. Chelsea Price and her family...
Dylana Kneeshaw Dec 15, 2021
VIDEO: Santa leaves sleigh at home, touches down at NRGH in a helicopter
NANAIMO - Jolly Old Saint Nick made an appearance at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) to spread cheer to children at Island hospitals.While this event was limited last year due to the pandemic...
Dec 15, 2021
B.C. reports 519 new COVID-19 cases, 145 of them in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - B.C. reports 519 new COVID-19 cases for Tuesday (Dec. 14), with 145 of them in Interior Health.Active cases are at 3,171 in the province and 612 in Interior Health. Of the provincial active...
Dec 14, 2021
Worst-case scenario: 2,000 COVID cases a day as Omicron spreads in community, B.C. officials say
VICTORIA - As B.C. health officials confirm the first cases of Omicron transmitted within the community instead of via travel, they are warning the public the variant could cause the virus to spread r...
Dec 14, 2021
'It's fragmented': British Columbia Seniors Advocate Office's report suggests flaws in gathering senior abuse information
KAMLOOPS - The British Columbia Seniors Advocate Office released a review on Seniors Abuse and Neglect earlier this week. The report reviews five years of existing data. In its findings, it highlights...
Dave Barry Dec 11, 2021 Image Credit: Photo 80342057 / Ian Allenden / Dreamstime
Five more Omicron cases identified, 437 new COVID-19 cases for Friday
KAMLOOPS - B.C. reports 10 total cases of the Omicron variant of concern, up by five since the last update on Tuesday (Dec. 7) although it hasn't been detected in Interior Health.In total, B.C. report...
Dec 10, 2021
Toxic drug deaths in BC could surpass 2,000 before the end of 2021
KAMLOOPS - With two months of data still to come in 2021, British Columbia is already reporting the highest number of deaths in a single year as a result of an increasingly toxic drug supply.So far, 1...
Dec 09, 2021
BC reports 341 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, nine new virus-related deaths
VICTORIA - The BC Government says the numbers are provisional, but the province recorded 341 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and nine new deaths. In an emailed update today (Dec. 9), the M...
Dec 09, 2021
BC Care Providers Association suffering from staffing crisis, desperate for nurses
KAMLOOPS - The BC Care Providers Association is calling its staffing shortage a crisis. Care Providers CEO, Terry Lake, says it's a province-wide problem, but the Interior region is suffering the most...
Dec 09, 2021
Seven die in Nanaimo in October from drug toxicity as B.C. continues to set new records
NANAMO - October is now the deadliest month in our province's history for illicit drug toxicity.201 lives were lost last month, which equates to just over six people dying per day. Seven fatalities we...
Dec 09, 2021
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