News Items tag as: COVID-19 vaccination

BC anti-vaxxers lose legal fight to get jobs back
May 15, 2024 - 7:00 PM

More than a dozen anti-vax health-care workers have lost a legal fight to get their jobs back.
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.
One-third of fired BC's health care workers fired for vaccine refusal were in Interior Health
November 02, 2023 - 6:00 PM

If you wondered exactly how many health care workers were fired for refusing the COVID vaccine, the provincial government has produced a solid figure in response to a freedom of information request.
Latest COVID vaccine ready to go into arms next week in Interior Health
October 04, 2023 - 6:00 PM

Last fall, hospitals were overflowing with children suffering from respiratory diseases ranging from flu and colds to COVID.
Christian anti-vaxxers win legal case against a B.C. health authority
January 31, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Two Christian anti-vaxxers who were fired from their health-care jobs for not getting vaccinated have won a legal victory against Island Health and have been reinstated.
B.C. anti-vaxxer loses case against union, again
December 31, 2022 - 3:30 PM

An anti-vaxxer who was placed on unpaid leave from ICBC for refusing to get vaccinated has lost an appeal against her union.
Check your inbox before booking your flu, COVID vaccinations in B.C.
October 17, 2022 - 6:00 AM

Now that we’re well into fall more people, especially younger ones, are showing up with seasonal illnesses ranging from colds and flu to COVID-19.
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.
Invitations for COVID booster shots in B.C. go out this week
September 06, 2022 - 2:12 PM

The new COVID bivalent vaccine is expected to start arriving in B.C. this week so invitations will start going out to those eligible to get a fall booster dose soon after.
B.C.'s next round of COVID shots expected this fall
August 24, 2022 - 4:30 PM

Just when many B.C. residents thought they had put COVID-19 behind them, provincial health authorities are gearing up for the next round of booster shots.
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New Asian Fusion eatery in Kamloops overcomes challenges of unpredictable restaurant industry
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Tens of thousands gather for Hindu festival at Nepal temple, with many lighting up marijuana joints
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal's capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country's biggest religious festivals. In the Bankali forests near Pashupati, the

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

News Items tag as: COVID-19 vaccination

BC anti-vaxxers lose legal fight to get jobs back

COVID-19 spring booster vaccines now available throughout BC

One-third of fired BC's health care workers fired for vaccine refusal were in Interior Health

Latest COVID vaccine ready to go into arms next week in Interior Health

Christian anti-vaxxers win legal case against a B.C. health authority

B.C. anti-vaxxer loses case against union, again

Check your inbox before booking your flu, COVID vaccinations in B.C.

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

Invitations for COVID booster shots in B.C. go out this week

B.C.'s next round of COVID shots expected this fall

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