“Today, we are reporting 849 new cases, for a total of 120,889 cases in British Columbia. “There are 9,145 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, with 13,679 people under public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases. A further 109,973 people who tested positive have recovered. “Of the […]
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Drugs involved in 2019 boating accident at Osoyoos
A B.C. coroner’s report has concluded that the use of drugs contributed to a boat crash on Osoyoos Lake that claimed the lives of two friends in 2019. Nicholas Trask, 36 of Maple Ride, and Ryan Ellison, 35 of Kamloops, died after the speedboat they were in collided with another boat with three people […]
Who would you like to be honoured as ……..volunteers?
above Kelan Harty 16th Annual Spirit of Oliver Awards – 2020 Nominees For the past 16 years Oliver has recognized individuals and groups with awards to applaud the outstanding volunteer contributions that they make to our community. The difficult decision was made to again postpone the annual award event to follow the Province wide restrictions […]
Publisher’s comments
The story of the ” Open Letter ” will come down at the end of my day at 3pm It has finished its run – with people from all over BC replying to the issue of vaccines and the safety factors involved I think the three sides to this issue have been exhausted. Your opinion, […]
Thanks to the Vancouver Province – letters to the editors
Asked about people coming into B.C. who don’t follow health guidelines, Premier JohnHorgan said province will “come down on you like a tonne of bricks.” Here is what a retired physician thinks that B.C. Premier John Horgan should do with his “tonne of bricks”: 1. Immediately call a news conference and alert all B.C. residents […]
by Julie Martineau – a flashback 3 years
Travel between BC Health regions to be prohibited
“We’re not putting up checkpoints,” Premier John Horgan said. “We’re trying to discourage people from taking a holiday outside their local area for the next five weeks.” Changes will be made this week to the Emergency Program Act to restrict people’s ability to move for non-essential reasons between health regions. That will allow police to […]