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How to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season
January 20, 2024 - 2:30 PM

Winter is here, inflicting its usual array of symptoms — coughs, nasal congestion, fatigue and fever — and, this year, a new COVID-19 variant is dominating the scoreboard.
TIMELINE: How COVID changed our lives over the past three years
January 28, 2023 - 6:00 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has now passed the three year mark.
As seasons change, B.C. health officials expecting hundreds more flu, COVID hospitalizations
September 28, 2022 - 1:00 PM

B.C. is rolling out flu vaccines this October in hopes of keeping the province's hospitals from getting overstuffed with respiratory illnesses this fall and winter.
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
August 22, 2021 - 11:01 AM

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase, the provinces and territories have been releasing their reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities.
Polio: When vaccines and re-emergence were just as daunting
June 08, 2021 - 5:30 AM

CINCINNATI (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic and the distribution of the vaccines that will prevent it have surfaced haunting memories for Americans who lived through an earlier time when the country was swept by a virus that, for so long, appeared to have no cure or way to prevent it.
Canada can make vaccines, just not the ones leading the COVID-19 race
November 25, 2020 - 6:00 PM

OTTAWA - The head of a Canadian biotech industry association says Canada can and does make vaccines — just not the ones expected first to help stop the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadians divided over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines: poll
October 14, 2020 - 10:06 AM

OTTAWA - Canadians appear to be turning against mandatory COVID-19 inoculations whenever a vaccine becomes available, with a new poll suggesting the number of people opposed to the idea is growing.
COVID-19 cases, deaths climb despite restrictions; experts warn of 'cures'
March 26, 2020 - 2:13 PM

TORONTO - The unrelenting climb in COVID-19 cases in Canada continued Thursday amid tightening restrictions aimed at curbing the pandemic as experts warned against prescribing or using unproven cures for the disease that has killed 39 people and infected close to 4,000 others.
Interior Health authority prepares for deadly influenza season
September 24, 2018 - 4:30 PM

The great purge is upon us once again, the annual influenza season that sickens and kills hundreds of Interior Health Authority residents every winter.
Strong demand means some providers short of flu vaccine in Kelowna
November 01, 2017 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA - Strong demand has left some local pharmacies and clinics short of this year’s flu vaccine but the Interior Health Authority says there’s more than enough to go around.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
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Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
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Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Top News - Kelowna and Area

How to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season

TIMELINE: How COVID changed our lives over the past three years

As seasons change, B.C. health officials expecting hundreds more flu, COVID hospitalizations

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

Polio: When vaccines and re-emergence were just as daunting

Canada can make vaccines, just not the ones leading the COVID-19 race

Canadians divided over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines: poll

COVID-19 cases, deaths climb despite restrictions; experts warn of 'cures'

Interior Health authority prepares for deadly influenza season

Strong demand means some providers short of flu vaccine in Kelowna

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