News Items tag as: COVID-19

Penticton anti-vaxxer loses fight against BCGEU
November 30, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A Penticton anti-vaxxer has lost a fight with her union after she argued her support for the Libertarian Party's ideals was grounds for a vaccination exemption based on political belief.
COVID-19 spring booster vaccines now available throughout BC
April 08, 2024 - 3:50 PM

BC residents now have access to spring COVID-19 vaccine boosters to protect themselves from the virus.
Vernon's O'Keefe Ranch hoping for $30,000 cash infusion from city
March 08, 2024 - 11:30 AM

Historic O'Keefe Ranch could receive $30,000 from the City of Vernon as the operation struggles financially.
Organizer of anti-COVID rallies in Kelowna says injunction efforts violate his Charter rights
October 14, 2023 - 7:00 PM

It has been months since the City of Kelowna filed for an injunction to stop weekly protests in Jim Stuart Park by so-called freedom protests against COVID restrictions and vaccines.
BC health officials urge vaccination not masks as COVID cases increase
September 11, 2023 - 7:00 PM

COVID-19 is on a resurgence around the world and some jurisdictions have brought back mask mandates as a defensive tactic.
BC COVID denier guilty of assault for coughing in face of grocery store clerk
July 26, 2023 - 3:30 PM

A BC woman who coughed in the face of a supermarket employee after being told she had to social distance has been given a probation order after having been found guilty of assault.
Kelowna antivaxer sues reporters, publishers claiming defamation
July 19, 2023 - 6:00 AM

A Kelowna man filmed unleashing a racist tirade against a Sikh security guard two years ago filed a lawsuit against multiple reporters and publishers this week — including this one — claiming he was defamed.
Lytton doctor suspended for promoting 'vaccine hesitancy' suing Interior Health
April 25, 2023 - 9:43 AM

Lytton Dr. Charles Douglas Hoffe started questioning the safety of COVID vaccines shortly after they were rolled out in the spring of 2021.
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.
City of Kelowna seeks injunction against anti-vax protesters
January 17, 2023 - 11:00 AM

Anti-vaccine "Freedom Rally" protesters have used Stuart Park to host their protests since early on in the COVID-19 pandemic and the City of Kelowna is fed up.
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Kelowna moves to loosen up short-term rental rules
Kelowna city council has decided to loosen up its short-term rental rules after a year of complaints from residents. Council directed staff to draw up new bylaws that align with the provincial short-term rental laws at a meeting yesterday,

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