Today Interior Health can confirm 27 residents and 1 staff member have now tested positive for COVID-19 at McKinney long-term care in Oliver.
Archives for December 2020
Updated covid IH figures
Dec. 8 UPDATE on IH numbers: IH is reporting 74 new cases since yesterday, for a total of 2,339 637 cases are active and on isolation Seventeen people are in hospital; three of them in ICU. Total number of deaths in IH remains at six. Update on McKinney long-term care home: Today Interior Health can confirm 27 residents and 1 staff member have now tested […]
Letter to the Editor
Neil Seidler Lets change the issue from should we follow the Health Authorities rules and recommendations, to why does it take so long to get information from those in charge at Interior Health. Now I’m not upset with the real front line workers, the ones in the care homes or in the hospitals dealing […]
No poll – you have to write your thoughts
You have now heard the restrictions on travel and gatherings for the next 30 days. It is the season of lights It is the period of the year when we celebrate the birth of Christ. Many people of many cultures celebrate the end of the dark, the advent of the light. How will you do […]
NDP government says….
The new BC government will attempt to protect British Columbians’ health and livelihoods from the threat of COVID-19. The speech arrived at a time when new treatments and vaccines herald better days ahead, but the current wave of COVID-19 continues to pose urgent challenges in the short term. “When the pandemic hit our province last […]
and locally…..
UPDATE on IH numbers · IH is reporting 203 new cases since Friday, for a total of 2,265 · 636 cases are active and on isolation · Fourteen people are in hospital; four in ICU. · Total number of deaths in IH six. (*Please see statement below) Update on long term care sites: · Five […]
4 year CUPE civic labour pact in Osoyoos
The Town of Osoyoos and CUPE Local 608 (Osoyoos Unit) reach agreement on renewed collective agreement. The Town of Osoyoos and CUPE Local 608 (Osoyoos Unit) are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on terms of renewed collective agreement for a four year term (January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024). The agreement […]
OIB gear up for election 2021
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the electors of the Osoyoos Indian Band will be held at the Inkameep Community Hall on Thursday the 7 th day of January. 2021. Beginning at 6 o’clock p.m. and lasting for at least 3 hours, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the positions of Chief […]