Interior Health 2023

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…

Interior Health butting out tobacco sales to minors; 7 stores fined this month
Interior Health is catching businesses red-handed selling tobacco products to people under 19. Seven fines…

MLAs want answers on delayed plan for Kamloops cancer centre
Kamloops Liberal MLAs Todd Stone and Peter Milobar want more transparency from the provincial government on…

Why a skilled surgeon is not allowed to work in Merritt’s emergency room
Short-term closures of the emergency room at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt are so common…

Kelowna to get second urgent and primary care centre
An urgent and primary care centre is scheduled to open this fall in Kelowna's Rutland…

Kelowna Safeway store fined for selling tobacco to a minor
Interior Health has handed the downtown Kelowna Safeway store with a $575 fine earlier this…
Interior Health closes Merritt’s ER again
The emergency room at the hospital in Merritt is closed again, this time for just…

Merritt’s emergency department closed until tomorrow morning
Emergency health services are unavailable in Merritt today, yet again. The latest closure of the…

Interior Health issues warning following deadly avalanche
Following the three avalanche fatalities in southeast B.C. this week, the Interior Health Authority is…

Merritt ER closed for 24 hours on short notice
Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt doesn't have enough physicians to run its emergency department for…

Emergency room at Merritt’s hospital closing temporarily
Medical emergencies in Merritt and area are being directed to Kamloops again as the local…

Suspect charged in assault on health-care worker at Kamloops ER
A man is facing three criminal charges after a health-care worker was assaulted in Royal Inland…

Emergency room at Merritt’s hospital closing, again
The emergency room at the hospital in Merritt will be closed tomorrow. According to an…

Verdict delayed in trial of Interior Health’s former top doc accused of child sexual assault
The trial of Interior Health's former chief medical health officer accused of child sexual assault…
How Interior Health’s ‘complex care’ facilities differ from other housing
Interior Health is finally opening its new complex care homes after months of preparation. In…