News Items tag as: Rob Munro

Interior Health fines North Okanagan gym for violating COVID-19 order to close
April 06, 2020 - 5:29 PM

When Interior Health says it wants a business closed immediately during the COVID-19 pandemic it’s serious.
Kelowna giving residents leeway on property tax deadline
April 06, 2020 - 3:20 PM

While the City of Kelowna isn’t encouraging people to defer their property taxes beyond the July 2 due date, it is offering a break that amounts to the same thing.
Call volume hasn't changed under pandemic response, Kelowna RCMP says
April 06, 2020 - 8:20 AM

Kelowna RCMP report that the COVID-19 pandemic has not impacted crime since the province imposed a gradual lockdown over the past few weeks.
Pandemic response has B.C. municipalities scrambling to pay bills
April 06, 2020 - 7:00 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought all kinds of payment deferrals, ranging from electricity to federal income taxes.
Want to know your employment rights during COVID-19? This legal information won’t cost you a cent
April 05, 2020 - 2:30 PM

In the wake of hundreds of people being laid off work because of COVID-19, Kelowna employment lawyer David Brown was surprised that more workers weren’t calling for advice.
Past failures may have helped protect long term care homes from COVID-19: lawyer
April 04, 2020 - 8:00 AM

The fact that COVID-19 hasn’t yet moved into long term care homes outside the Lower Mainland may be due, in part, to the fact that families of residents already know there are staff shortages and other problems within those facilities, according to one B.C. lawyer.
Why no one in B.C. will be penalized for violating safe-distancing recommendations
April 03, 2020 - 2:00 PM

Every day health officials in B.C. and around the world are urging people to keep apart in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fitness centres latest businesses ordered to shut down in Interior Health region
April 02, 2020 - 12:51 PM

Interior Health has officially ordered the closure of all fitness centres, gyms, yoga studios or “similar personal training facilities, both indoors and outdoors”.
Why Okanagan orchardists may have to rely more on local labour this year
April 02, 2020 - 6:30 AM

The lockdown at Byland Nurseries because of confirmed COVID-19 cases amongst temporary foreign workers is not an indication that similar outbreaks will occur on other Okanagan farms.
COVID-19 outbreak at Bylands in West Kelowna grows to 19 workers
April 01, 2020 - 4:50 PM

Seven more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed among foreign workers employed by Bylands Garden Centre in West Kelowna.
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News Items tag as: Rob Munro

Interior Health fines North Okanagan gym for violating COVID-19 order to close

Kelowna giving residents leeway on property tax deadline

Call volume hasn't changed under pandemic response, Kelowna RCMP says

Pandemic response has B.C. municipalities scrambling to pay bills

Want to know your employment rights during COVID-19? This legal information won’t cost you a cent

Past failures may have helped protect long term care homes from COVID-19: lawyer

Why no one in B.C. will be penalized for violating safe-distancing recommendations

Fitness centres latest businesses ordered to shut down in Interior Health region

Why Okanagan orchardists may have to rely more on local labour this year

COVID-19 outbreak at Bylands in West Kelowna grows to 19 workers

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