Interior Health
Inspection reports suggest why Summerland Seniors Village is now being run by Interior Health
While there have been dozens of rule violations at Summerland Seniors Village over the last…

Overdose prevention: Interior Health providing take-home drug testing strips
Drug users in the Interior Health region have a new tool to help them make…

New drug checking technology available in Penticton
Interior Health has a new resource available today in Penticton to help people check the…

Interior Health issues drug and overdose alert for Penticton
Interior Health is alerting Penticton and South Okanagan drug users to check their drugs after…

Interior Health issues Kamloops drug alert for fentanyl-laced crystal meth
Two samples of crystal meth sold in Kamloops have tested positive for fentanyl, prompting a…

Interior Health issues alert in Kamloops for extremely toxic fentanyl
Interior Health Authority has issued a drug alert in Kamloops for highly toxic fentanyl. Interior…
UPDATE: Phone lines working again at Kelowna General
The phone lines at the Kelowna General Hospital and Brookhaven Extended Care in West Kelowna…

Lead in your water? Why you’ll have to test it yourself to be sure
If a recent investigation that found unacceptable amounts of lead in drinking water and a…

Penticton councillors looking for options for controlling needle distribution
The City of Penticton can try writing bylaws to restrict and control needles handed out…

How the opioid crisis changed how Interior Health does business
Health authorities have yet to find the answers to Kelowna’s opioid crisis. That’s one clear…

Former Kamloops resident who fought brain cancer to be honoured at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS – B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix is in Kamloops today, Oct. 1, to honour…

Kelowna is getting an urgent health care centre
KELOWNA – Kelowna will get the 11th urgent primary health care centre in B.C. Health…

Is the food in your favourite restaurant safe to eat?
Ever wonder if the food sitting in a buffet is being kept at the right…

Summer heat brings West Nile virus threat to the Okanagan
KELOWNA – The mosquitos most likely to carry the West Nile virus are about to…

Fears raised about people driving to and from mobile safe injection RV in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Some Rutland residents have posted concerns to Facebook about the recreational vehicle parked…