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BC nurse suspended for dismissing patient in distress
A BC nurse has been suspended for two weeks due to a lack of care…
Kamloops care home resident sued by Interior Health over $120K unpaid bill
Interior Health is suing a senior care home resident over an unpaid $120,000 bill. According…
Kelowna man who nearly died in Highway 1 crash slowly recovering
Four months after a fatal vehicle crash that claimed his brother’s life, Collin Morrison is…
COVID outbreaks reported in Kamloops, North Okanagan care homes
Three Thompson-Okanagan care facilities are currently dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks. Today, April 2, the Interior…
Westbank care home officially closed due to lack of staff
A Westbank First Nation care home has officially shuttered its doors due to a staff…
Interior Health care homes, hospital still dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks
COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes are ongoing throughout Kamloops and the Okanagan, although the numbers…
COVID outbreaks persist at Interior Health’s long-term care facilities
Residents in long-term care facilities were among the first to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19,…
Merritt woman frustrated after elderly family members in care home sent on 11-hour wildfire evac
A Merritt resident whose senior family members have been evacuated to the Lower Mainland because…
Another death linked to Kelowna care home COVID-19 outbreak
Another death has been reported in connection to a COVID-19 outbreak at a Kelowna long-term…
UPDATE: Florentine residents treated ‘like luggage’ following end of long-term care
A Merritt relative of residents at The Florentine says those in the long-term part of…
Administrator appointed to Merritt care home to ‘stabilize’ operations
Interior Health will be overseeing operations at The Florentine in Merritt after it failed to meet…
Kamloops care home reports first COVID-19 death
Interior Health is reporting a death associated with the COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone care…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at second Oliver long-term care home
A second Oliver long-term care home has a COVID-19 outbreak. Interior Health declared an outbreak…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at West Kelowna retirement home
Interior Health has declared an outbreak at a West Kelowna at an assisted living facility…
Two more deaths reported at Oliver’s McKinney Place care home
The COVID-19 outbreak at a South Okanagan care home continued to intensify today with the…
Interior Health investigating COVID-19 exposure at Kelowna care home
Interior Health is investigating a COVID-19 exposure at a Kelowna care home but no outbreak…
Elderly Summerland couple that broke hearts early in pandemic make progress on access
An elderly Summerland couple who refused to let COVID-19 interfere with their love for each…
North Okanagan youth worker was ‘grooming’ 15-year-old boy in her care: Crown
VERNON – A former youth worker accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old…
Two lawsuits filed against Kamloops seniors home for deadly 2015 assault
KAMLOOPS – Two lawsuits have been filed against the operator of a Kamloops seniors home…
Coroner’s report on Kamloops care home death calls for changes
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Coroners Service has made two recommendations following the death of a…
What Interior Health is doing differently after two fatal care home assaults
VERNON – If the care home attacks that left a Vernon and Kamloops senior dead…
Coroners report sheds light on Vernon care home death
VERNON – The B.C. Coroners Service has ruled a high profile care home death three…
CARE HOME HOMICIDE: Her mother’s gone, but a Kamloops woman wants you to know her story
"I LOOKED AFTER HER WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE AND I'M LOOKING AFTER HER WHEN SHE'S…
Plans for huge new care home in downtown Vernon coming along
VERNON - The creation of a large, multi-storey care home in downtown Vernon is moving along, but there are concerns it won’t be much to look at. The City of Vernon supported several development variances for the project, which includes 90 residential care beds, 52 assisted living units, 72 one- and two-bedroom condo units, and...