National Park talks continue in person
The federal government reports that talks on the proposed National Park Reserve are continuing in person.
by Times Chronicle | Dec 2, 2022 | Featured, Regional
The federal government reports that talks on the proposed National Park Reserve are continuing in person.
by Times Chronicle | Nov 23, 2022 | Featured, Regional
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.
by Times Chronicle | Nov 16, 2022 | Featured, Regional
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.
by Times Chronicle | Nov 12, 2022 | Featured
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.
by Times Chronicle | Aug 20, 2022 | Editorial
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.
by Times Chronicle | Aug 19, 2022 | Council, Featured, Oliver
Oliver town council has approved the allocation of $136,249 in COVID-19 restart funding for several projects.
by Times Chronicle | Aug 2, 2022 | Editorial
The COVID-19 virus is still out there waiting to pounce on unsuspecting victims.
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.
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Over 400,000 people in British Columbia will soon...
Interior Health is reporting another death at the McKinney Place long-term care facility in Oliver...
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Interior Health is rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to...
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Interior Health has declared an outbreak at...
Interior Health is reporting another death related to the COVID-19 outbreak at McKinney Place...
Interior Health is reporting four additional residents have died over the past five days at...
A case of COVID-19 has been identified at Osoyoos Secondary School. In an email obtained by the...
There are no new cases of COVID-19 at the McKinney Place long term care facility in Oliver...
McKinney Place long term care in Oliver has four new cases of COVID-19 and five residents have...
A female resident in her 70s at McKinney Place long-term care in Oliver has died. Interior Health...
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter One additional staff member has tested positive for...
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Southern Okanagan Secondary School has...
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The first few doses of the Pfizer vaccine arriving...
by Bill Atwood | Dec 9, 2020 | Featured, News
Times-Chronicle Staff British Columbians will soon have more money in their bank accounts. On Dec....
Interior Health is reporting 28 cases of COVID-19, 27 of which are residents, after the outbreak...