New brand names for the vaccines have been approved at the request of the drug companies. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has now been dubbed Comirnaty, which the company says represents a combination of the terms COVID-19, mRNA, community, and immunity. The Moderna vaccine will go by SpikeVax and the AstraZeneca vaccine will be named Vaxzevria. Health […]
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Seats at last election in 2019 Liberals 157 lost two Conservatives 121 lost two Bloc 32 NDP 24 Green 3 lost 1 Vacant 1 Independent 5 Total 338 And a look at polls and an ODN projection Liberals to lose 8 seats for 145 Conservatives to gain 7 seats for 128 Bloc 32 + 2 […]
1900 dams in BC – Auditor not impressed with oversight/safety
The Office of the Auditor General has released a new audit report: Oversight of Dam Safety in British Columbia. In the report, the office examines whether the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development has effectively overseen the safety of dams in B.C. The report covers the ministry’s oversight of the safety […]
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The Trail of the Okanagans Society met with officials from Recreation Sites and Trails BC (RSTBC) and the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen along with MLA Roly Russell and Osoyoos Councillor Myers Bennett last week as part of the Union of BC Municipalities conference. The topic was the potential for a 6.5 km section of […]
BC state of emergency has ended
Based on advice from emergency management and wildfire officials, British Columbia’s provincial state of emergency, enacted to support provincial wildfire response, will expire at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14 (Pacific time). Cooler seasonal weather and precipitation, combined with the hard work of firefighters from B.C., Canada and abroad to contain and extinguish fires, means […]