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Liquor sales on St. Patrick's Day have been banned.

“Explore your local community. Explore your region. I do think, over March break, if you are a family and you’re going to your cabin and it’s self-contained, that’s OK. But we really do need to stick to our households.”

“Today, we pause and remember everyone who has died from this virus.”

Full steam ahead for new Cheadle train station plans after £13.9m Towns Fund deal The £9m project would bring a train station back to Cheadle for the first time since the mid-1960s. direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more a...

Image Credit: Sumbitted/newmonaco.ca March 09, 2021 - 7:30 AM From highway bridges and hydroelectric projects to massive housing developments, there are 39 major projects worth $4.4 billion proposed for the Thompson-Okanagan regions. Some may never come to fruition, others have already started. Some have been on the books for more than a decade while others are expected to start this year or early next year, according to information provided to iNFOnews.ca by the Chartered Pro...

March 08, 2021 - 7:00 AM Today is International Women’s Day, designed to bring awareness to women’s equality so no better time to introduce or reintroduce you to some awesome and largely unsung women we have met. These badass Thompson-Okanagan women are making a difference in their communities, leading community efforts and supporting other women and their communities. We know there are many more out there, so be sure to let us know in the comments below who inspires you. ...

Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Brenda Brophy March 08, 2021 - 6:00 AM Brenda Brophy and the dozens of people in her Facebook support group don’t want to observe a sad anniversary on March 17. That’s the date last year when most long-term care homes in B.C. were locked down because of COVID-19. At 6 p.m. on March 17, 2020 she walked out of her mother’s long-term care home as it was being locked down. Cutting off visitation rights is not uncommon in long-term care homes when ther...

Image Credit: Submitted/City of Kelowna March 06, 2021 - 8:00 PM With some trees in Kelowna being valued as high as $40,000 the city is looking at boosting fines for developers who kill them. “Any time construction activity compacts the soil above or around a tree or does any damage to the stem that ultimately results in mortality it is an infraction,” Tara Bergeson, an urban forestry technician with the city told iNFOnews.ca. Council will be asked Monday to increase the ...

“The number of new cases remains higher than where we want it to be.”

With the expected arrival of the new AstraZeneca vaccine next week, health officials are looking at ways to start administering it to first responders and essential workers.