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First baby born in Kamloops in 2023 is a boy
The first baby born in Kamloops this year is a big, healthy boy. Baby Konner…
B.C.’s New Year’s baby was born in Abbottsford
Gabriella Louise V. Camayang came two minutes after midnight this morning, Jan 1, 2023. That…
Baby in Kelowna given Narcan after possible drug overdose
Kelowna police and ambulance workers administered Narcan, the drug used in overdose cases, to a…
Kamloops RCMP intervenes to return newborn baby to hospital for treatment
Kamloops Mounties had to intercept a vehicle fleeing Royal Inland Hospital with a newborn baby in…
Shuswap family welcomes third-generation New Year’s baby
It wasn’t planned, but somehow a Sicamous family lined up the birth of their newborn…
Mom wants changes after baby found bag of deadly drugs in Kamloops park
After her eleven-month-old baby found a packet of drugs in a local park, a Kamloops…
Tiny orphaned flying squirrel gets second chance to soar from Kamloops animal rehab centre
KAMLOOPS — A young flying squirrel found alone in Blind Bay was turned into the…
VIDEO: Delighted Kelowna baby meets raccoon through a patio door
KELOWNA – This little baby got a close up with nature when a raccoon sidled…
Woman born in Vernon 27 years ago tracks down birth mom
VERNON – Nine days, five hundred messages and more than 100,000 Facebook shares later, Megan…
Community rallies around family of toddler who died in North Okanagan
ENDERBY – Condolences are pouring in for the family of a young boy who died…
Penticton woman delivers baby at home, just before help arrives
PENTICTON – A Wilson Street woman is resting today after the tumultuous delivery of her…
No car seat, no ride for Armstrong mom and baby trying to board the bus
VERNON - A North Okanagan woman is sharing her experience after being told she couldn’t board a public transit bus without a car seat for her baby. Chelsey Dyer planned to take the Route 60 bus into Vernon from her Armstrong home last week to pick up her car, but wasn’t allowed on. “The driver...
West Kelowna mom raises funds to give more parents of stillborn babies a few extra days together
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A West Kelowna woman who lost her baby shortly before giving birth to him has successfully raised enough money to bring a device to Kelowna General Hospital that will give other parents going through the same thing a little bit of comfort. Now she’s planning to do the same for Vernon, Penticton and...
Mom trying to give parents of stillborn babies a few extra days together
WEST KELOWNA – Kristin Esmail and her husband didn’t find out until she was in labour their son, Richard James, was stillborn. After 39 weeks in utero, finding out that they would not be able to take him home was almost too much pain to bear. “It was such a shock,” the West Kelowna resident...
Baby, three others taken to hospital after rollover near Vernon
VERNON – The hunt is on for the driver of a car who may have caused a rollover on Highway 6 between Vernon and Lumby Friday afternoon. Four people, including an infant, were taken to Vernon Jubilee Hospital with minor injuries after the car they were in ended up on its roof in the ditch,...
Father acquitted of shaking infant daughter
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops father who was accused of shaking his baby and causing traumatic brain injury was acquitted in Kamloops Supreme Court Thursday morning. Michael Beakley, born in 1978, phoned his mother outside of court to tell her Justice Hope Hyslop found him not guilty because the baby’s injuries could have occurred in a...
IN PHOTOS: Baby farm animals that will make you go ‘awww’
KELOWNA - As the weather warms up new crops appear and baby animals take their first, uncertain steps. Here are a few photos of baby animals starting their lives at some of the many farms around Kelowna. Send your best seasonal photos to news@infonews.ca. %%Embed1%% To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw...
Not the first time baby suffered brain trauma, doctor suggests
KAMLOOPS – An infant victim in an assault and neglect case suffered head injuries from “violent forces” and it wasn’t the first time, a B.C. Children’s Hospital pediatrician suggested today. Dr. Margaret Colbourne told Kamloops Supreme Court Justice Hope Hyslop today the baby she examined in early 2012 had symptoms “more in keeping with abusive...