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Kamloops philanthropist helps Royal Inland Hospital buy essential lab equipment
A generous donation made by a Kamloops philanthropist has allowed the Royal Inland hospital to…
Kamloops couple donates $100K to Kamloops patient care tower
High school sweethearts Ladonne and Steve Davidson celebrated their birthdays this year with a $100,000…
Kamloops couple donates 250K to Royal Inland Hospital on their 60th wedding anniversary
Kamloops couple James and Jessie Fedorak marked their wedding anniversary with a generous act of charity…
Urgent primary care centres in Kamloops, Okanagan come with local costs
West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom was thrilled when Health Minister Adrian Dix phoned into the…
Kelowna to get primary care network, province announces
Kelowna is one of 22 regions in B.C. getting a primary care network, which is…
UPDATE: West Kelowna getting long-awaited primary health care centre
Health minister Adrian Dix phoned into the West Kelowna city council meeting today, Sept. 8,…
iN VIDEO: Kamloops construction crews parade for health care workers
Construction and highway maintenance crews gave Kamloops health care workers an Amber Light Parade yesterday…
Artwork honouring a Kamloops nurse turns into food bank fundraiser
Life as a registered nurse at Royal Inland Hospital has proved to be trying for…
BREAKING: Visits to B.C. emergency rooms down 50% in last three weeks
Visits to B.C. hospital emergency departments have dropped by 50 per cent over the last…
Kamloops first responders to salute health workers with lights, sirens
It what is becoming a trend in cities in B.C., police, firefighters and paramedics will…
BREAKING: Five more deaths as COVID-19 cases exceeds 1,000 in B.C.
Five more people have died of COVID-19 related illnesses as the number of cases in…
UPDATE: 40 new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; 3 in Interior Health region
There are three more cases of COVID-19 within the Interior Health region, taking the total…
Revelstoke clinic confirms positive case of COVID-19
A medical clinic in Revelstoke has confirmed a positive case of COVID-19. The Selkirk Medical…
Owners of three B.C. Interior seniors homes being sued as part of class action lawsuit
Retirement Concepts, the owner of three seniors care facilities in the B.C. Interior, is the…
Diagnosed with dementia at 55: ‘I’m not scared of dying, I’m scared of not being allowed to live’
Christine Thelker sits on the board of directors of an international charity. She spoke in…
Interior Health intervenes after series of problems at Summerland Seniors Village
After ongoing problems with its site leadership, care planning, staff education and training, Summerland Seniors…
‘I felt trapped’: Shuswap father on why he took his children’s mother to court over vaccinations
Devin Blais never thought he'd have to take his former partner and the mother of…
Dozens of violations found at Summerland senior’s home
In the last couple of years about a dozen complaints were filed and many more…
New urgent heath care centre opens in Kelowna
The Interior’s third Urgent and Primary Care Centre opened in the Capri Centre Mall in…
Shane Koyczan narrates fundraising video for Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
Penticton-based spoken word artist Shane Koyczan narrates a new video for the Kelowna General Hospital…
Massive donation gives Kelowna General what’s needed to become full-service heart centre
By the fall of 2020, Kelowna General Hospital will have a fully operational advanced heart…
North Okanagan massage therapist barred from breast examinations
An Enderby massage therapist has been fined $3,000 and barred from conducting breast examination services…
More paramedics, ambulances needed in Thompson-Okanagan
Despite the recent addition of 46 full-time equivalent paramedics, more work still needs to be…
Interior’s biggest hospital also one of the best in Canada
KELOWNA – Being ranked the 23rd best hospital in Canada may not sound like something…