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BC spending $187 million for new long-term care beds for in Kelowna
The provincial government is spending more than $187 million for new long-term care beds at…
Two contractors selected to bid on future Kamloops cancer centre
After years of challenges and incremental progress, the provincial government is moving along in the…
40 new complex care housing units coming to Kelowna
The BC government is building 40 housing units in Kelowna to support those struggling with…
COVID-19 spring booster vaccines now available throughout BC
BC residents now have access to spring COVID-19 vaccine boosters to protect themselves from the…
BC health minister coming to Kamloops for health-care announcement
Kamloops residents may get some good news about the city's long-promised cancer centre tomorrow. Health Minister…
Kamloops cancer centre plan to be presented ‘soon’: health minister
BC's health minister says plans for a Kamloops cancer centre are completed, but he hasn't…
‘We’re not a priority’: Province mum on promised Kamloops cancer centre
Kamloops has been promised a new cancer care centre for years, with former Premier John…
Rutland’s healthcare services just got more accessible
Healthcare in Rutland is set to become more accessible with two new health centres opening…
Ministry of Health tried to avoid the closure of Vernon’s last walk-in clinic
With Vernon’s last walk-in clinic closed today, the Ministry of Health said it offered more…
Help promised for Merritt, Oliver, Salmon Arm emergency care
Residents of Merritt, Oliver and Salmon Arm should soon be getting better access to emergency…
1,000 Interior Health emergency room visits for flu in November: health minister
Flu season has hit B.C. harder and earlier this year, including the Interior Health region.…
B.C.’s youngest children can start COVID vaccinations in three weeks
Now that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in Canada, B.C. parents can start…
Interior Health leading the way in B.C. with latest COVID variant
As if Omicron and Omicron BA2 were not making far too many people sick with…
RISK OF INFECTION: How long is too long when it comes to new COVID subvariant exposure?
Back in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities said a person needed…
No long COVID clinics in Interior Health despite hundreds of possible cases
Even though hundreds, if not thousands, of Interior Health residents suffer long-term effects from COVID-19,…
Severe COVID cases continue gradual climb in B.C.
The number of people in B.C. hospitals has slowly increased this week from 274 on…
COVID death toll in B.C. passes the 3,000 mark
As the number of people who have died from COVID-19 in B.C. passes the 3,000…
COVID hospitalizations down slightly but case counts climb in B.C.
There are 273 people in hospital in B.C. with a COVID-19 diagnosis today, March 29,…
New COVID cases counts decline in B.C. while hospitalizations are up
There were 218 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C. in the past 24 hours, down…
Largest jump in number of new Interior Health COVID cases in two weeks
In the last 24 hours there were 96 new COVID-19 cases reported in the Interior…
COVID case count going up in B.C. while hospitalizations decline
While the number of B.C. residents with a COVID diagnosis who are hospitalized continues to…
Number of people in intensive care in B.C. with COVID increases
While the COVID pandemic continues to slowly fade in B.C., one area that is not…
COVID holds its steady grip on B.C.; 290 in hospital
There has been only a slight improvement in COVID statistics in B.C. over the past…
298 B.C. residents still in hospital with COVID
While rules around mask wearing have been eased so B.C. residents can get back to…