Interior Health

Kamloops to get geriatric health centre
KAMLOOPS – The Interior Health Authority is developing a geriatric centre for the city, seniors…

North Okanagan politicians, firefighters sick after attending Lumby Days luncheon
LUMBY – A luncheon attended by local dignitaries during Lumby Days is being probed by…

No firm date for overdose tracking system for Interior Health
PROVINCE DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN MID APRIL THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Interior Health is still working…

Interior Health voices concerns over Ajax Mine application
KAMLOOPS – The Interior Health Authority has laid out concerns over the application for the…

Enhanced health services coming to rural Interior Health communities
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A program offering paramedicine to rural residents around the province is expanding to…
Oliver hospital to lose emergency services for three nights
OLIVER – Not enough available doctors means closures for the emegency room at South Okanagan…

Jurors in Kamloops inquest make recommendations, hug family of ‘happy child’
'WE ASSUMED THAT… HE WAS UNDER THE BEST CARE AND THAT WASN'T THE CASE.' KAMLOOPS…

Premier says no plans to track deadly surge in B.C. drug overdoses
OVERDOSE DEATHS UP 40 PER CENT IN KELOWNA, 50 PER CENT IN VERNON LAST YEAR…

More Interior Health beds coming to help people recover from substance use
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – By this time next year, the Interior Health Authority expects to distribute 73…

Vernon mom raising alarm after teenage son asked to consent to immunization
YOUTH HAD BAD REACTION TO VACCINATIONS AS A CHILD VERNON – You might not think…

Contaminated water believed spilled into Shuswap Lake prompts advisory
VERNON – Precautions are being taken after thousands of litres of water polluted with glue…

Greasy foods released from hospital as Interior Health rolls out new cafeteria menu options
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – 'Hospital food’ is a term that carries a stigma, but with new and…

Drug overdose warning issued in Kamloops
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The public is being warned about an increase in fatal and non-fatal overdoses…

Drug overdose warning issued in Okanagan communities
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The public is being warned about an increase in fatal and non-fatal overdoses…

Fentanyl confirmed in some South Okanagan overdoses
PENTICTON – Test results have confirmed the drug fentanyl was present in some of the…