National Park talks continue in person
The federal government reports that talks on the proposed National Park Reserve are continuing in person.
Tag: covid
Interior Health keeping a keen eye on respiratory viruses
Recent hospitalization data for influenza and other respiratory viruses including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) show no major uptick in the Interior Health region but the authority is keeping an eye on the ongoing rising infections in Ontario and the prairie provinces.
BC children being most impacted by influenza
The respiratory virus season is upon us and provincial health authorities are urging British Columbians to do “what we know works” including getting vaccinated, staying home when feeling unwell, washing hands, social distancing and wearing masks where appropriate. “The respiratory season is unfolding as we expected it would, but we are in a very different place than we were a year ago,” noted Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry.
COVID ‘long haulers’ to share experiences
People living with long COVID are being recruited as “citizen scientists” to help solve this puzzling illness. Provincial health agencies and researchers are asking COVID “long haulers” in the Okanagan-Similkameen to share their experiences about the disease in the hope that answers will be found.
EDITORIAL: Boisterous about boosters?
The signs of summer’s waning are all around us. Back to school sales, shorter evenings, clearance sales off seasonal accoutrements, and so on. I even saw a formation of Canada Geese heading south the other night, a foreboding sight indeed.
And as Canadians bid adieu to another seemingly brief summer, attention inevitably returns to more serious matters of schooling, work, and of course COVID-19.
Council allocates $136K in COVID funding
Oliver town council has approved the allocation of $136,249 in COVID-19 restart funding for several projects.
EDITORIAL: Stealthy COVID-19 hitting unsuspecting
The COVID-19 virus is still out there waiting to pounce on unsuspecting victims.
Pocket Guide
Students talk protests, freedom and the future
Confronted by obscenities, racist slurs and anti-mask rhetoric, the three Oliver students who became the voice for their victimised friend share their views on the anti-mandate protests, the concept of freedom and what they see for the future.
B.C. heads into next phase of vaccine rollout
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Over 400,000 people in British Columbia will soon...
Death toll reaches 15 at McKinney, 22 cases at Sunnybank
Interior Health is reporting another death at the McKinney Place long-term care facility in Oliver...
Residents vaccinated at Sunnybank, McKinney
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Interior Health is rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to...
Four staff test positive at Sunnybank Retirement Home in Oliver
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Interior Health has declared an outbreak at...
COVID-19 Update Jan. 4: Additional death at McKinney Place
Interior Health is reporting another death related to the COVID-19 outbreak at McKinney Place...
COVID-19 Update: four deaths over five days at McKinney Place
Interior Health is reporting four additional residents have died over the past five days at...
Pocket Guide
COVID-19 case confirmed at Osoyoos Secondary School
A case of COVID-19 has been identified at Osoyoos Secondary School. In an email obtained by the...
McKinney Place: No new cases Thursday
There are no new cases of COVID-19 at the McKinney Place long term care facility in Oliver...
McKinney Place: 57 cases, five in hospital
McKinney Place long term care in Oliver has four new cases of COVID-19 and five residents have...
Resident dies at McKinney Place
A female resident in her 70s at McKinney Place long-term care in Oliver has died. Interior Health...
Additional staff sent to support McKinney Place, one more staff tests positive
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter One additional staff member has tested positive for...
Southern Okanagan Secondary School reports single COVID-19 case
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Southern Okanagan Secondary School has...
B.C. announces vaccination game plan
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The first few doses of the Pfizer vaccine arriving...
B.C. Recovery Benefit applications open Dec. 18
Times-Chronicle Staff British Columbians will soon have more money in their bank accounts. On Dec....
McKinney long-term care outbreak grows to 28 cases
Interior Health is reporting 28 cases of COVID-19, 27 of which are residents, after the outbreak...