The City of Grand Forks is following guidance from Federal, Provincial, and Regional governments and health authorities to support efforts to control the spread of COVID-19. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has elevated their Emergency Operations Centre to Level 2 to allow for monitoring and responding to COVID-19;...

Submitted by City of Nelson The City of Nelson’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) would like to provide an update for March 23, 2020. One of the EOC’s primary responsibilities is to work with our community to ensure the orders and directions from the Province of BC, as advised by the Provincial Health Officer, are being...

In a media release Monday, Interior Health said it's limiting the number of visitors entering all sites to essential visits only until further notice. Interior Health said this decision supports the province-wide response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and reflects the provincial state of emergency. "The restriction...

THIS IS YOUR DOCTOR’S NOTE The physicians of Castlegar are on the front lines in the battle against COVID19. This is a crisis unlike any of us have experienced in our lifetime. We are working as hard as we can to make sure that our patients, and the public in general, get the medical care they need. We cannot do it alone. At...

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: "We are announcing 48 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 472 cases in British Columbia, since we last reported...

Dear Colleagues,   Our colleague and Provincial Health Officer, Dr Bonnie Henry, has been very clear in her direction on COVID-19. The time is now. The public must self-isolate and maintain social distance in accordance with her orders. What they do today will impact the health and perhaps the fate of British Columbians in ...

Interior Health is making changes to long-term care and community programs and services to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19 and address potential pressures on the acute care system. The changes include: Temporarily suspending inter-facility transfers (moving individuals from one care home to another), except in...

Submitted by City of Nelson The Provincial Government has provided a COVID-19 update to the residents of BC. This update states that all “personal service” establishments such as spas, salons, massage services and tattoo shops are to close, if they haven’t already done so. The government also reiterated that restaurants are...

Submitted by City of Nelson The Provincial Government has indicated that the Province of BC has entered a critical phase of this pandemic to flatten the curve of transmission. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix  both emphasized the importance of physical separation over the next two weeks...

Nelson Police would like to remind the public that in this time of uncertainty with the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelming countries around the globe, here in Nelson, and in the province, confidential resources are available. “Nelson Police Department and Nelson Police Department Victim Services would like to remind everyone in...