Tag Archives: Health
Kamloops first responders relieved to get COVID-19 vaccine next month, while others feel left out
KAMLOOPS - More frontline workers in Kamloops will be lining up to receive their COVID-19 vaccine, starting next month. The provincial health officer announced on Thursday (Mar. 18) an extensive list ...
James Peters Mar 19, 2021
Interior Health vaccinates remainder of Kamloops homeless population
KAMLOOPS - As vaccines ramp up across Interior Health, including in Kamloops, the last of the street-entrenched and vulnerable population received the COVID vaccine on Friday (Mar. 19). Interior Healt...
Mar 19, 2021
Interior Health preparing for vaccination ramp-up for essential and at-risk workers
KAMLOOPS - As more age groups become eligible to get vaccinated, health authorities will be using a portion of vaccine supplies for industrial worksites, food processing facilities and workers in at-r...
Doug Collins Mar 18, 2021
U.K. study rules out link to some blood clots from AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - The United Kingdom's drug regulator says a "rigorous scientific review" has ruled out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as the cause of blood clots in veins but is doing a more detailed study lo...
Mar 18, 2021
Interior records 31 new COVID-19 cases as province reports four new virus-related deaths
VICTORIA - B.C.'s new COVID-19 case count dipped below the 500 mark today (Mar. 17), with 498 new cases reported. However provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there were four new virus-rela...
Mar 17, 2021
ASK Wellness recognized with award as part of BC Social Work Week
KAMLOOPS - Social work is essential - that's the theme of BC Social Work Week this year, from March 14 to 21. "At Royal Inland Hospital, for example, social workers continued to support their colleagu...
Dylana Kneeshaw Mar 17, 2021
Half of Canadians want first COVID-19 vaccine available: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests about half of Canadians are willing to get immunized against COVID-19 with the first vaccine they're offered, while one quarter would be willing to wait to get a shot they...
Mar 16, 2021
More than 1,500 new COVID-19 cases recorded over the weekend in B.C
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting another 1,506 new cases of COVID-19 over a three-day span. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says ten more people died of COVID-19 over the weekend. The new cases...
Doug Collins Mar 15, 2021
Kamloops residents line up for first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
KAMLOOPS - After months of waiting for their COVID-19 vaccine, hundreds of Kamloops residents lined up at McArthur Island on Monday (March 15) to receive their first dose. The first public clinic open...
Doug Collins Mar 15, 2021
Coming week will see trickle of COVID-19 vaccine doses before floodgates open
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is expecting a smaller-than-normal shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week, with fewer than 445,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech shots scheduled for delivery ov...
Mar 15, 2021
Our Community
Question of the Week
Have you already made an appointment to get your winter tires on?
3h ago
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Four Shrub Combos for the Fall Season
The Tattle of Hastings
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Hall of Rust Valley Restorers unveils dream car, talks of build for father, sings of Kamloops roots
8h ago
BC Votes
STREAMING: Kamloops All-Candidates Forums
Sep 30, 2024
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Shade Garden Between Houses
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Someone finally takes the lead in reducing plastics
Sep 29, 2024
Week in Review
Week in Review: Week of Sept. 23
Sep 28, 2024