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Lemonade stands around B.C. raising funds for Kelowna charity today
People around B.C. are setting up lemonade stands today to help out families of patients…
$6.1M raised to increase cancer treatment capacity in Kelowna
A BC Cancer Foundation effort that began in the fall of 2022 to raise money…
$1M donation to Kelowna General for patients with Parkinson’s disease
Kelowna General Hospital has received $1 million donation to advance care for those living with…
Kelowna cosplayers team up to raise funds and kids’ spirits
A group in Kelowna has been using cosplay to try to make the world a…
Jim Pattison makes $5M donation to KGH Foundation for new innovation centre
BC billionaire Jim Pattison has donated $5 million to the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation, the…
Kelowna nurse on mission to return child’s lost bunny
A well-loved white stuffed bunny was left behind at Kelowna General Hospital this week, and…
Rainbow crosswalk for Kelowna General Hospital
Kelowna General Hospital has an all-new colourful crosswalk. The hospital put in a rainbow crosswalk…
$30M for two MRI machines at Kelowna General Hospital
Two new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines are coming to Kelowna General Hospital. One will…
Kelowna ER nurse left Indigenous person ‘pulseless and unresponsive’
A Kelowna emergency room nurse who left a "pulseless and unresponsive" Indigenous person in the…
Tragic death of a child in Kelowna hospital a symptom a crumbling health care system
The recent death of Ayla Loseth in Kelowna General Hospital after being mis-diagnosed in an…
Staffing shortage twice as bad at Kamloops hospital versus Kelowna
New data from the Interior Health Authority shows just how serious the staff shortages are…
PARKING PREDICAMENT: Hospital staff in Kelowna, Kamloops not using shuttle service
Even though it can take staff five to six years to get a parking pass…
Kamloops mother, baby sent to Kelowna after closure of pediatric ward at Royal Inland Hospital
A Kamloops mother and her three-week-old baby were transported to Kelowna General Hospital from Royal…
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna General Hospital
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital. The outbreak is restricted…
Kelowna eatery offers free burger, beer to hospital staff for ‘real-life sacrifices’
Kelowna health-care workers are being thanked for their efforts amid the pandemic with a free…
COVID-19 outbreaks close six operating rooms in Kamloops
Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has forced the closure of six…
COVID-19 hammering B.C. Interior’s two biggest hospitals: health officials
The two largest hospitals in the Interior Health region are feeling the effects of the…
Okanagan family gets support from strangers after limb amputation
Positive thinking, faith and an outpouring of support from friends and strangers are what is…
Fatigued doctors at Kelowna hospital vote unanimously to promote COVID-19 immunization
Doctors working in Kelowna General Hospital are used to working long hours but that doesn’t…
No immediate help coming from health minister to relieve COVID pressure at Kamloops, Kelowna hospitals
Health Minister Adrian Dix is doing nothing new to ease the extreme pressure on health-care…
Kelowna shop offers free coffee to hospital workers after protest against COVID-19 vaccine cards
Following a large protest against COVID-19 vaccine cards at Kelowna General Hospital, a coffee shop…
‘How dare you’: Healthcare workers react to rally against COVID vaccine cards at Kelowna General
A Kelowna operating room doctor says he has never been so disappointed in his community…
Unvaccinated COVID patients in Kelowna taking toll on nurses, planned surgeries: Nurse
A licensed practical nurse at Kelowna General Hospital says the hospital system is currently overwhelmed…
Latest COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General declared over
The latest outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital has been declared over by Interior Health. Two…