Tag Archives: Okanagan
New 1-800 number expanded to improve access to community care
Interior Health is making it easier for people in the Central Okanagan, Cariboo Chilcotin and Kootenay Boundary regions to access and navigate home and community care and chronic disease management se...
Pete McIntyre Dec 01, 2020
Province announces COVID-19 recovery programs to support farmers
The B.C government has announced two new programs, and increased support for a third one, to help improve food security and build a stronger economy following COVID-19. “During COVID-19, we have...
Pete McIntyre Dec 01, 2020
Government provides road rescue funding
The B.C. government is providing $1 million in emergency rescue support for rural and remote communities throughout the province. The Office of the Fire Commissioner has partnered with the Fire Chiefs...
Pete McIntyre Dec 01, 2020
Community Light Up becomes self-guided Twinkle Tour
Starting Friday, Dec. 4 and for the duration of the holidays, West Kelowna residents can stay within their bubble and take a self-guided tour to the many light displays throughout the Westside, with e...
Pete McIntyre Nov 30, 2020
2,364 new COVID cases in B.C., 46 new deaths
British Columbia is reporting 2,364 new COVID-19 cases from over the weekend, and 46 new deaths. The numbers include 750 cases from Friday to Saturday, 731 from Saturday to Sunday and 596 from Sunday ...
Pete McIntyre Nov 30, 2020
New outbreak at long-term care home in Kelowna
It is an unfortunate first for care homes in Interior Health. Two cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed at the Mountainview Village care home in Kelowna, including one resident. It’s the ...
Pete McIntyre Nov 30, 2020
Winter shelter opens in former newspaper building
Kelowna's Gospel Mission will open and operate a temporary winter shelter in the old Courier building at 550 Doyle Avenue on Tuesday (Dec. 1. The new co-ed winter shelter will be used by people who ar...
Pete McIntyre Nov 30, 2020
Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in collision
A motorcyclist suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a collision in Kelowna. On Sunday (Nov. 29) at 7:20 p.m., RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 33 at Gerstmar Road in K...
Pete McIntyre Nov 30, 2020
Review recommends changes to deal with widespread racism in B.C. health care
An independent review into Indigenous discrimination in British Columbia’s health-care system has found Indigenous people are exposed to widespread racism that often results in negative experien...
Pete McIntyre Nov 30, 2020
Couple collects 32,000 beer cans, gives refund to search group
If you laid 32,000 beer cans end-to-end they'd stretch 2.94 kilometres. If you crushed them, they'd fill 111 garbage bags. And if you wanted to support your favourite charity, you'd bring those cans t...
Pete McIntyre Nov 30, 2020