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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Nicola Meadows as B.C. reports 553 new cases
VICTORIA - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at an assisted living facility in Merritt. Nicola Meadows was added to B.C.'s outbreak list in the province's COVID-19 report on Wednesday (Aug. 18). E...
Aaron Schulze Aug 18, 2021
Kamloops' mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic relocating to Aberdeen Mall
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is downsizing its mass COVID-19 immunization clinic in Kamloops. Effecting Monday, Aug. 23, the mass immunization clinic will relocate from the Tournament Capital Centre to ...
James Peters Aug 18, 2021 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
COVID-19 cases continue rising in Island Health, 24 new
NANAIMO - The steady increase of COVID-19 cases in Island Health continues.Island Health confirmed 24 new COVID-19 cases within the health authority on Tuesday, Aug. 17. This is down from the 37 new p...
Aug 17, 2021
B.C. reports 501 new COVID-19 cases, 205 in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health accounted for less than 50 per cent of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (Aug. 17).B.C. is reporting 501 new cases of COVID-19, including nine epidemically-linked cases, ...
Aug 17, 2021
Lifesaving new drug-checking equipment from VIU funded by the province
NANAIMO - An easier, safer, more advanced way of testing the toxicity of drugs will soon be more readily available. Sheila Malcolmson, Nanaimo's MLA and minister of mental health and addictions, annou...
Aug 17, 2021
New COVID-19 cases in Island Health jump by 112 in one weekend
NANAIMO - A substantial number of new COVID-19 cases were found over the weekend within Island Health. The health authority confirmed 112 new cases since Friday on Monday, Aug. 16, to a total of 5,677...
Aug 16, 2021
Interior Health relocating long-term care residents as a result of wildfire activity
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says several residents have been relocated from regional long-term care facilities as a result of widespread fire activity. In a release Monday (Aug. 16), IH says it ha...
Aug 16, 2021
B.C. reports 1,434 new COVID-19 cases over the week, more than half of them in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - According to the latest update from health officials, Interior Health once again accounted for more than half of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases over a three-day period. Between Aug. 13 and 16, t...
Aaron Schulze Aug 16, 2021
Cyclist seriously hurt in Gabriola Island crash
GABRIOLA ISLAND - A cyclist was flown to hospital after a high-speed crash on Gabriola Island.They fell to the pavement just after 12 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 16 on North Rd. on the hill leading to the fe...
Aug 16, 2021
Recent high of new COVID-19 cases in Island Health continues
NANAIMO - The rising trend of new COVID-19 cases in Island Health shows no signs of stopping. Another 29 new cases were found in the health authority by Friday, Aug. 13, with 11 in the central Island ...
Aug 13, 2021
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