Tag Archives: Health
Active COVID-19 cases fall in central and northern Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - The central Vancouver Island area has less than 10 active COVID-19 cases. The region, stretching from north of the Malahat to the northern tip of the RDN and west to the Tofino area, has eig...
Jun 07, 2021
Dallas Elementary teacher named a top health and fitness leader across the country
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops elementary school won national recognition as a Building Our Kids' Success (BOKS) program leader. Clay Cartie, a Grade 6/7 teacher at Dallas Elementary, won top marks across the ...
James Peters Jun 07, 2021
United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo raises more than 71,000 pieces of period products for charities
KAMLOOPS - United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo said its Period Promise campaign raised nearly $36,000 worth of period products - over 71,405 total pieces to support 2,856 people - in 2021.The period pr...
James Peters Jun 07, 2021
Walk-up vaccination clinic planned for Sunday in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health will be hosting a neighbourhood immunization clinic Sunday in the parking lot of the Cascades Casino.The clinic will operate from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. No advance appointment...
Jun 04, 2021
Island Health ends week with low number of new COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Less than 10 new COVID-19 cases were found in Island Health in the last week as the number of active cases dropped by half. Several days in the last week saw only one new case of COVID-19, r...
Jun 04, 2021
Long-term supports needed to brace for impact of more residential school site discoveries: FNHA
KAMLOOPS - The discovery of hundreds of child-burial sites near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School has had a far-reaching impact - nationally, and mentally for residential school survivors,...
James Peters Jun 03, 2021
Second dose of Astrazeneca vaccine begins Monday, new cases remain low in Island Health
NANAIMO - The nearly 300,000 British Columbians who received the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine can soon receive their second dose. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday, June 3 announced...
Jun 03, 2021
IH warns against complacency as vaccination rates increase
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s immunization roll out is reaching important milestones this week, with about 70 per cent of eligible adults in the province with a first dose.Following a similar order as the first d...
Jun 02, 2021
Only 1 new COVID-19 case found in Island Health once again
NANAIMO - The number of new COVID-19 cases remains low in Island Health. Only one new case was confirmed by the health authority for the second day in a row. The new case was found in the south Vancou...
Jun 02, 2021
Just 1 new COVID-19 case found in Island Health as vaccine rollout ramps up
NANAIMO - Island Health hit a low not seen since October, 2020 in the fight against COVID-19. Just one new case of the virus was confirmed by Island Health on Tuesday, June 1. The last time Island Hea...
Jun 01, 2021
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