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Image Credit: SUBMITTED / Province of B.C. December 23, 2020 - 4:03 PM While there have been 518 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. in the last 24 hours, the curve of the pandemic’s upward movement is bending. That’s some of the good news from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry during a media briefing today, Dec. 23. “We have bent our curve slightly and we are perhaps on a downward trajectory,” Dr. Henry said. “But we have to be cautious. It will not take much to...

(CARLI BERRY / iNFOnews.ca) December 24, 2020 - 1:47 PM New data shows a drop in new COVID-19 cases in most of the Interior Health region except for Kamloops and Salmon Arm. Data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control shows the Kamloops area, which stretches past Barriere, Sun Peaks, Chase and Logan Lake, had 35 cases during the week of Dec. 13-19. While the CDC only shows data for that one week, previous maps showed 21 cases the week before. Salmon Arm’s cases also went ...

Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Interior Health December 23, 2020 - 4:44 PM While the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for Canada and will arrive in B.C. as early as Monday, it will take many weeks for the average person to qualify for an injection. By March, B.C. is expecting to get 792,000 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a news conference today, Dec. 23. Each vaccination requires two doses. While manufacture...

Image Credit: SUBMITTED / Province of B.C. December 22, 2020 - 4:20 PM Another 444 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in B.C. in the last 24 hours, including 78 in the Interior Health region. That brings the provincial total to 47,510. There were 12 more deaths in B.C., bringing that total to 777. At the same time, more than 4,000 B.C. residents have been vaccinated, including some in Kelowna and Kamloops. “Vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna have also provided ...

(ROB MUNRO / iNFOnews.ca) December 23, 2020 - 6:00 AM Interior Health is cracking down on staff taking over public parking spots and nurses say they are feeling threatened. After being able to park with little or no enforcement since April 1 in a public parkade, staff at Kelowna General Hospital were emailed a memo on Nov. 27 saying the Interior Health parking policy would be enforced effective Dec. 1. That meant no more free parking in the public parkade next to the hospital...

December 22, 2020 - 6:00 PM The B.C. government is putting a cap on what food delivery companies can charge restaurants this Sunday. It will not only put more money in the pockets are the restaurant owners – who have relied heavily on food delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic – but ensure the drivers don’t have their pay docked either. As of Sunday, Dec. 27, food delivery services can only charge restaurants a maximum of 15 per cent for delivery and only five per cent ...

December 22, 2020 - 8:13 AM Fire crews arrived at a garage fire in Kelowna early this morning in time to save the adjoining house. Firefighters were called out at about 1:50 a.m. today, Dec. 22, to find heavy black smoke and flames pouring from the garage in the 3500 block of Reekie Road, according to a Kelowna Fire Department media release. They were able to control the fire before it could spread to the house. There was fire damage to the garage and attic. The sole reside...

December 21, 2020 - 8:08 AM Thirty-seven transit shelters have been damaged in Kelowna over the past several weeks and police need a little help figuring out whos doing it. Police believe a grey sedan-style car may be involved in at least some of the incidents, Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy said in a release. “The damage seems to be happening primarily extremely late at night," she said. "We are in the process of reviewing surveillance video from the areas, and we are appealing t...

Image Credit: Shutterstock December 21, 2020 - 1:09 PM Part of Glenmore Road North in Kelowna is closed after a pickup truck left the road and slammed into a power pole this morning. The crash happened at about 11:15 a.m. today, Dec. 21, according to an RCMP media release. The driver wasnt hurt. A Fortis B.C. crew is repairing the damaged pole so the northbound side of the road is closed between Slater Road and Hilltown Drive. No word on how long the closure will last. RCMP ...

Image Credit: Submitted/West Kelowna Fire Rescue December 21, 2020 - 7:23 AM A detached garage was fully engulfed in flame when West Kelowna Fire Rescue crews arrived at about 4:30 a.m. today, Dec. 21. The fire was in the 900 block of Lloyd Jones Dr. and crews quickly knocked down the flames and prevented it from spreading to the nearby home. The residents left the home safely and stayed with neighbours while crews were battling the blaze. There were two vehicles inside the ...