News Items tag as: COVID-19

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.
Anti-vax 'wellness' clinics in Kamloops, Vernon shuttered
December 14, 2022 - 6:00 PM

A pair of clinics in Kamloops and Vernon that were opened to serve unvaccinated people during the COVID-19 pandemic are shutting down.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
Paynter’s farm is staying open later into the season to help move thousands of pounds of apples from local farmers after the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative shut down earlier this year. Jennay Oliver, Paynter’s farm owner and operato

Penticton 'potio' smoking lounge blazing a trail for cannabis tourism
A dispensary in Penticton made its patio into a pot smoking lounge, and its success could turn a new leaf for the cannabis industry in the Okanagan. Back in February the BC government permitted smoking pot anywhere you’re allowed to s

Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
A survey from Habitat for Humanity Canada shows 87 per cent of British Columbians view homeownership as a luxury. The online survey conducted by Leger for the non-profit asked 1,500 Canadians a range of questions about the housing cri

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