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Health officials optimistic COVID-19 case growth will decline without having to shut down the economy again
The province's top doctor believes the COVID-19 reproductive number (R-number) - that's the number of people one case will transmit the virus to - can be brought below one without the need to close th...
Jul 22, 2020 Dr. Bonnie Henry during a COVID-19 update briefing. (Photo via BC Government)
As COVID-19 cases spike, province extends provincial state of emergency by two more weeks
With the number of COVID-19 cases on the increase, the B.C. government has once again extended its record provincial state of emergency by another two weeks, to the end of August 4. "I want to commend...
Jul 22, 2020
Health Minister Dix says restricting sale of flavoured vape products is a 'necessary step'
B.C.'s health minister says he understands there might be some concerns from convenience stores that will no longer be able to sell flavoured vapour products as part of new regulations that went into ...
Jul 21, 2020
B.C. health officials expect to clear surgery backlog in 15 months
Health officials in British Columbia say they have caught up on more than half of the surgeries that were cancelled in mid-march at the peak of COVID-19 restrictions. Fifty-two per cent of the patient...
Jul 21, 2020 Army Medicine / CC
Federal, provincial governments to fund new $5-million Pritchard Community Water System
The provincial and federal governments will be funding a $5-million new water system in Pritchard, just east of Kamloops. The Thompson Nicola Regional District says the federal government will fund $2...
Jul 21, 2020
Blazers sign Swedish defenceman Viktor Persson
The Kamloops Blazers have signed defenseman Viktor Persson to a standard WHL contract, less than a month after he was drafted in the 2020 CHL Import Draft. "We are excited that Viktor has committed to...
Jul 21, 2020
Province to bring in enhanced COVID-19 restrictions for bars and nightclubs this week
The province will be bringing in enhanced restrictions for how bars and nightclubs will be allowed to operate later this week amid the pandemic. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the ins...
Jul 21, 2020
B.C. health officials urge caution as they warn people of possible explosive COVID-19 case growth
B.C.'s Health Minister says while 102 new cases of COVID-19 reported over the weekend might not seem like much in the grand scheme of things in Canada and the world, its not something provincial healt...
Jul 21, 2020
New vaping regulations in B.C. to go into effect today
The B.C. government is bringing into force strict rules around vaping, eight months after announcing what it says was the most comprehensive plan in the country. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the re...
Jul 20, 2020
Responsibility for dealing with Tiny House Warriors protest camps on RCMP and local First Nations says Premier Horgan
The Premier says the responsibility for dealing with the Tiny House Warriors protest camp near Blue River falls on the RCMP as well as the Simpcw First Nation as well as Tk'emlps te Secwpemc. Asked ab...
Jul 20, 2020
