Tag Archives: Health
Nanoose First Nation multi-use path to enhance community connectivity and safety
NANAIMO - A significant provincial grant will allow a paved non-vehicular path to safely accomodate people to and from Snaw-Naw-As territory.Craig Edwards, Nanoose First Nation's economic development ...
Oct 16, 2021
Circuit breaker restrictions hit Northern Health in bid to curb rising cases and hospitalizations
NANAIMO -New restrictions are coming for most Northern Health authority residents in a bid to curb rising COVID-19 transmission.Restrictions on household and organized events similar to what was appli...
Oct 14, 2021
Third doses start to roll out for immunocompromised residents
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents who are immunocompromised are enthusiastically rolling up their sleeves to get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine."I have rheumatoid arthritis. So, I got my text about ...
Dave Barry Oct 13, 2021
Organ donation up in first six months of 2021 at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - According to latest data from BC Transplant, organ donation at Royal Inland Hospital has seen an increase in the first six months of the year. Dr. Tim Schmidt, the Division Head of Critical...
Oct 13, 2021
B.C. reports 605 new COVID-19 cases, 119 in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. reported 605 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Oct. 13), with 119 of them in Interior Health.There are 5,172 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. (down by 11), with 850 of them in Interior ...
James Peters Oct 13, 2021
Mask use expanding for children 5 and up in B.C, with youth vaccinations anticipated later this fall
VICTORIA - Pandemic rules and vaccination options are changing for youth in B.C this week.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry expanded the current mask order today (Oct. 12), announcing that ma...
Oct 12, 2021
Clearwater's emergency department to be closed most of Sunday
CLEARWATER - Clearwater and area residents are advised of a temporary change to the emergency department hours of Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital's emergency department this weekend. Interior Health sa...
Aaron Schulze Oct 09, 2021
COVID-19 death toll tops 2,000 across British Columbia
KAMLOOPS - A grim milestone today in British Columbia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people who have died from the virus has grown to 2001 with five deaths in the last 24 hours.O...
Oct 08, 2021
Kamloops sees slight increase of weekly COVID-19 cases; larger increases in Merritt and 100 Mile House
KAMLOOPS - Many local health areas (LHA) north and west of Kamloops saw an uptick in COVID-19 cases between Sept. 26 to Oct. 2. According to the latest COVID-19 data made available by the B.C. Centre ...
James Peters Oct 06, 2021
B.C. reports 752 new COVID-19 cases, nine more deaths
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting 752 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Oct. 6), with 164 of them in Interior Health.B.C.'s active caseload increased slightly to 5,945 while Interior Health's slightly decre...
Doug Collins Oct 06, 2021
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