Every weekend Q101 publishes the ‘Week That Was’ highlighting some of the most interesting news stories of the week.

This week Merritt was talking about the return to class for students across the district, a new candidate joining the election race, the new vaccine card program, and tragedy at Royal Inland Hospital.

Students returning to mix of similar COVID protocols and normalcy

This school year will look different than last year as students are set to return to classrooms across SD58 today.

Upon their arrival, students will face many of the same COVID-19 protocols that were put into place in last year but also a return to some normalcy.

Students returning to mix of similar COVID protocols and normalcy

Wauters joins COSN race for Green Party

All five national political parties in Canada will be represented in Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola (COSN) as the Green Party has acclaimed Brennan Wauters.

Wauters joins COSN race for Green Party

BC launching vaccine card program

The Province is launching the BC Vaccine Card, a digital or printed document that shows the stage cardholders are at in their COVID-19 vaccine progress.

BC launching vaccine card program

Dix promises review, offers little relief to staff after waiting room death at Royal Inland Hospital

B.C.’s health minister says a woman’s death in a waiting area outside of the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) emergency room this week will be reviewed, but offered little optimism for exhausted front-line staff at the hospital.

Dix promises review, offers little relief to staff after waiting room death at Royal Inland Hospital