Nurses
BC anti-vax nurses lose fight against union
Dozens of anti-vaxer BC nurses, who were fired for not getting vaccinated, have lost an…
Anti-vax Interior Health nurses lose fight with union
A group of anti-vax Interior Health nurses who accused their union of discrimination after being…
Nursing shortages getting worse in Kamloops, Okanagan hospitals
While staff shortages in Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals got lots of headlines last summer and…
Patients observe chaos inside the emergency department at Royal Inland Hospital
Kamloops resident Susan Shaw took her husband to the emergency department at Royal Inland Hospital…
X-ray techs at Kamloops hospital ‘don’t have time’ to fill out error reports
Earlier this week an imaging technologist at Royal Inland Hospital said the wrong patients are…
B.C. government workers’ strike vote gets underway
The roughly 33,000 members for the British Columbia General Employees' Union are casting ballots in…
B.C. nurse faces discipline hearing for allegedly bashing trans people online
A B.C. nurse is being called into a disciplinary hearing after allegedly launching online attacks against…
LPNs not welcome in new Kamloops hospital psych ward
Royal Inland Hospital is not planning to bring licensed practical nurses to its new psychiatric…
Kelowna’s top cop calls for more mental health resources to help those in crisis
Interior Health needs to step in with way more resources if Kelowna hopes to deal…
Cranbrook nurse with multiple misconduct charges gives up her licence
An agreement has been reached between the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives and a…
Cranbrook nurse faces multiple misconduct charges for alleged abuse towards residents, staff
A Kootenay nurse will have to attend a hearing by the college that oversees nursing…
‘Nightmare’ two years put Kamloops nurse on stress leave, calls for more staffing
A nurse in Kamloops is on medical leave due to mental stress caused by chronic…
Kamloops artist’s portrait of a nurse wearing metal mask takes on new meaning
The painting by a Kamloops artist of a nurse wearing a metal mask captured some…
COVID and wildfires creating health care crisis in Kamloops, Okanagan
Chronic staffing shortages in Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals have been compounded by the stress of…
B.C. nurses union says Interior Health failing Kamloops hospital workers during pandemic
The B.C. Nurses Union has some scathing criticism of Interior Health's handling of frontline workers…