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Health workers doubt BC’s new whistleblower protections
Health-care unions say new whistleblower protections won’t create the conditions for staff to speak freely…
Northern BC wildfire smoke heading south into Kamloops, Okanagan
Kamloops and Okanagan residents have avoided the smell of smoke for the most part so…
Prenatal clinic opens at Kamloops hospital
The Interior Health Authority just opened a midwifery clinic at Royal Inland Hospital. Patients without…
For teens who drink and do drugs, here’s how to reduce the harm
About 40 per cent of Canadian teenagers drank alcohol in the last year and one…
One-in-five in BC knew someone who died from poisoned drug supply: survey
Most British Columbians would like to see a safe supply of drugs for opioid users,…
A day in the life of a BC paramedic
We know their wailing sirens and the look of the large, flashy ambulance racing down…
Will BC towns’ bylaws undermine drug decriminalization pilot?
B.C.’s three-year pilot drug decriminalization program is aimed at reducing the barriers and stigma that…
Former child in ‘care,’ hip-hop artist brings message of visibility to BC legislature
Bryant Doradea never thought he would be performing rap songs in the B.C. legislature for…
Face of Penticton’s Discovery House on a new life journey
Helping save lives for the past 12 years, Jerome Abraham’s own life journey has now…
Two more B.C. nurses suspended for stealing drugs
Two more BC nurses have been disciplined for stealing drugs from hospital and care settings,…
Smoke from Alberta wildfires prompts smoky skies warning in Kamloops, Okanagan
Most of the B.C. Interior can expect poor air quality thanks to smoke from wildfires…
B.C. to tackle the deadliest workplace killer
When Lee Loftus was 10, he remembers his father coming home through the back door,…
It’s going to get record-breaking hot this weekend in Okanagan, Kamloops
There’s a good chance that heat records will be broken this weekend as a ridge…
Paramedic shortages plague rural B.C.; remedies may be in the works
Quadra Island resident Carol Woolsey had the misfortune to experience a medical emergency in her…
Penticton chamber wants city to go ahead with plan to ban drug use in parks
The Penticton Chamber of Commerce doesn’t agree with Interior Health’s recommendation to temporarily keep drug…
Overdose warning issued in South Okanagan
Drug users in the South Okanagan are being warned of a strong batch of 'down'…
Interior Health asks local governments to pause plans to ban open drug use in parks
Interior Health has emailed all municipalities in the Southern Interior, asking the local governments to…
Counting the cost of substance use – and finding solutions
Harms from substance use cost Canada $49 billion in 2020, with almost two-thirds of that…
Kamloops a step closer to banning public drug use
Drug users may be allowed to carry their supply in public, but the City of…
Kelowna cancer doctor learned the hard way about danger of radon in Interior homes
Dr. Kong Khoo, who came to Kelowna in 1997 to start up the cancer centre…
How a Kelowna international student, victim of racist attack, got health coverage
Interior Health has cancelled the medical bill for Gagandeep Singh, the victim of a race-based…
Interior Health has closed Oliver’s ER for 20 hours this week
The emergency department at the hospital in Oliver was closed again overnight, the second such…
How medical bills can slam a newcomer to B.C.
Holly Noot had spent eight hours in excruciating labour at home in Courtenay before her…
Roughly 600 km of water pipes in Kamloops, Okanagan made with asbestos concrete
There are about 600 kilometres of asbestos concrete pipes carrying water to residents’ homes in…