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Can’t find children’s Tylenol in Kamloops, Okanagan? Here are some options
Shortages of children’s Tylenol on pharmacy shelves really should not be a huge worry for…
Drugs, death and denial on the job in B.C.
Vince Tournour’s obituary said it best: he loved and he was loved. Before he broke…
South Okanagan breast cancer patients find hope for tomorrow
Shock, anger, denial and fear of the unknown marked the start of Kelly-Rae Buchan’s battle…
Chronically ill B.C. woman ‘dying of poverty’
A disabled Vancouver woman says she is still fighting for government support to stay alive…
Flu shots are free and Interior Health would like you to get one
Interior Health is reminding people it’s not too late to get a flu shot. The…
Merritt residents will be without an emergency room tonight
The emergency room at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt will be shut down at 6…
Nursing shortages getting worse in Kamloops, Okanagan hospitals
While staff shortages in Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals got lots of headlines last summer and…
Some pharmacies in Kamloops, Okanagan unable to fill prescriptions
There's no word yet on when pharmacies in Safeway, FreshCo and IGA stores in the…
Work and the epidemic of men’s depression in B.C.
Nearly half of Canadian men meet the threshold for clinical depression and one in three…
Interior Health warns of monkeypox ‘scam’ calls
Interior Health is warning the public that robocalls claiming an exposure to monkeypox are, in…
Penticton nurse that bullied colleagues loses licence
A Penticton nurse has lost his nursing licence for bullying and harassing his former colleagues,…
Nutters health food store opening in downtown Kamloops
The doors of a new health food store in downtown Kamloops are about to open…
Wildfires prompt smoky skies warning across B.C. Interior
Several large wildfires burning in B.C., and south of the border in Washington state and…
B.C. needs to invest in primary care to stem the bleeding of family doctors from rural areas
Rural communities in B.C. will continue to suffer critical doctor shortages and the knock-on effect…
Staffing partly to blame for low blood supplies in Kamloops, Okanagan
Staffing shortages that are hitting so many industries across the country are also making it…
Helicopter paramedics in southern Interior now have access to re-supply of life-saving blood
Access to blood products will buy air ambulance paramedics in Kamloops the time needed to…
The latest COVID wave in B.C. may have peaked but risks remain high
British Columbia’s third Omicron pandemic wave has likely peaked as hospitalization numbers, reported cases and…
Algae bloom on Shuswap Lake prompts cautionary advisory
A large algae bloom on Shuswap Lake in Salmon Arm and area has health authorities…
Dead B.C. woman transported to morgue in back of RCMP pickup
A lack of BC Ambulance paramedics meant Bella Coola RCMP had to transport a dead…
Two monkeypox cases confirmed in Interior Health region
Two cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the Interior Health region. Aside from Northern…
Why monkeypox vaccine tourism is a good thing for B.C.
When Jackson Hern asked his primary care doctor about getting the monkeypox vaccine in Seattle…
What workers can legally do avoid unsafe work in heatwave
There are lots of tips out there on how to beat the heat as temperatures…
Boost now or wait? What you should know in B.C.
If you were confused by the latest announcement about second booster shots in British Columbia,…
Mom files rights complaint alleging ‘fat shaming’ at B.C. hospital
Thirty-one weeks pregnant with her first child, Sara Lindberg thought her consultation with an obstetrician…