Health Advisory

• Dust advisory issued for Vernon

  Concentrations of coarse particulate matter are expected to persist until there is precipitation, dust suppression or a change in traffic patterns.

  Health

  Feb 15, 2023
  
• Cautionary health advisory issued for algae bloom in Shuswap Lake in B.C.

  A warning has been posted about an algae bloom in the Salmon Arm area of Shuswap Lake, with precautions recommended due to health concerns.

  Health

  Aug 17, 2022
  
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• COVID-19: Interior Health warns of potential exposures at Armstrong grad party

  Interior Health says anyone who attended a grad party in Armstrong on Sept. 6 may have been exposed to COVID-19.

  Health

  Sep 16, 2021
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• Baking heat prompts air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  People are being advised to avoid strenuous outdoor activities in the mid-afternoon and early evening.

  Weather

  Jun 26, 2021
• Interior Health issues advisory after ‘potentially harmful’ algal bloom discovered on Wood Lake

  Interior Health said the bloom was discovered on Lake Country's Wood Lake.

  Environment

  Apr 22, 2021
• Authorities advise precautions as first human West Nile case found in Hamilton

  First human case of West Nile discovered in Hamilton.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2018
• Measles exposure in St. Albert leads to public alert

  Alberta Health Services has issued a health advisory after a person with a lab-confirmed case of measles in St. Albert was recently at the Sturgeon Community Hospital Emergency Department.

  Health

  Jun 6, 2018
• Frigid overnight lows prompt Middlesex-London Health Unit to issue cold weather alert

  Forecasters with Environment Canada say London will see overnight lows of -15 C on Wednesday, -14 C on Thursday, and -18 C on Friday.

  Weather

  Feb 7, 2018
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• Drugs containing human placenta, stem cells seized from Richmond, B.C. beauty parlour

  The products included a drug labelled as human placenta, and another that was labelled as being derived form stem cells.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2017
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• Blue-green algae advisory issued for Eagle Lake, Severn Creek Reservoir

  A blue-green algae advisory was issued Monday for Eagle Lake and the Severn Creek Reservoir east of Calgary.

  Environment

  Jul 10, 2017