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Nanaimo's Overdose Awareness Day takes politicians to task over rising fatalities
NANAIMO - The first International Overdose Awareness Day event in Nanaimo since the pandemic took aim at the systems and policies behind the toxic drug crisis. "I'm still confused over what tangible a...
Aug 31, 2021
Kamloops records six overdose deaths in June, 32 so far in 2021
VICTORIA - Overdose deaths were down in B.C. in June 2021 compared to the same time last year (185), but the numbers remain grim in the province. B.C. recorded 159 deaths due to drug toxicity, the nin...
Aaron Schulze Aug 31, 2021
Island Health active COVID-19 cases rise by more than 150 in one week
NANAIMO - The number of active COVID-19 cases within Island Health rose sharply in one week of the fourth wave. Island Health reported 523 active cases in the health authority on Monday, Aug. 30. This...
Aug 30, 2021
Three new deaths, 707 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health over the weekend
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is reporting 1,853 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, including four epi-linked cases, with 707 of them in Interior Health.Provincially, there are 5,918 active cases o...
Aug 30, 2021
B.C. records 867 new COVID-19 cases Friday, three new virus-related deaths in Interior Health
VICTORIA - The province is reporting further growth in COVID-19 case counts today (Aug. 27) with 867 new cases identified in the last 24 hours. Of those, 350 new virus cases were reported in Interior ...
Dave Barry Aug 27, 2021
Are Hot Dogs Doing Joey Chestnut Dirty?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! BION of the Week Ripley's is constantly on the hunt to find the strangest Believe It or Not! stories, or BIONs, to share with our fellow fans of the bizarr...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Aug 27, 2021
Kamloops sees red; average daily rate per 100,000 greater than 20
KAMLOOPS - For the first time since geographic distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area (LHA) has been made available by the B.C. government, Kamloops is bright red.Kamloops saw 193 new cases of ...
Aug 25, 2021
Kamloops teachers and support staff welcome additional safety measures for back-to-school
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday, the province announced its health and safety plan as students, teachers, and staff prepare to head back to school in a couple of weeks. On Wednesday, CFJC Today caught up with t...
Aug 25, 2021
TRU to welcome back students with vaccine passports, COVID protocols - staff has mixed feelings
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is preparing to reopen its doors to more than 10,000 students in a few weeks.But even with these new protocols in place, faculty and staff have mixed feelin...
Aug 25, 2021
B.C. reports 698 new COVID-19 cases, including 252 within Interior Health
VICTORIA - Over the past 24 hours, the B.C. government reports 698 new COVID-19 cases in the province, including five epi-linked cases, with 252 in Interior Health.Provincially, there are 5,356 active...
Doug Collins Aug 25, 2021
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