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Kamloops has two New Year’s babies

KAMLOOPS – There were two New Year’s babies born in Kamloops yesterday. The baby girls were both born at Royal Inland Hospital at 12:35 a.m., Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, according to Interior Health spokesperson Tara Gostelow. Gostelow says Lauren and Cole Martin of Kamloops welcomed their first born Harper Noelle Martin who weighed 7 lbs.,...

Crane at Royal Inland Hospital construction site set to come down

KAMLOOPS - Construction on the Royal Inland Hospital’s clinical services building and parkade continues move along, with a summer 2016 opening date being planned. “With exterior work nearly complete, the building is transforming into a modern healthcare facility and parking structure,” Tracy Watson of Interior Health says. When the pedestrian bridge was placed Sept. 25,...

Kamloops youth psychiatry unit helps families deal with mental illness, one child at a time

KAMLOOPS - A space dedicated to supporting children and their familes while they deal with mental health crisis has been providing better support since it was revamped a year ago, according to administrators at Royal Inland Hospital. "We have space that’s more welcoming for kids. There’s more room for confidentiality, more room to move around...

ASK Wellness and RIH partnership helping the vulnerable in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - A partnership between the hospital in Kamloops and a local group which supports vulnerable citizens will continue to provide support services after receiving a boost from the province today. The ASK Wellness Society and Royal Inland Hospital have been working together, through a health navigator, to help people discharged from the hospital connect...

What you need to know before you vote on the Kamloops performing arts centre

KAMLOOPS - The referendum that will ultimately decide whether Kamloops moves forward with the proposed $90-million performing arts centre begins with advance polls this week. “Are you in favour of the City of Kamloops borrowing up to $49 million to design and construct the parkade and performing arts centre complex?” Residents will be asked at...

Delivery of Kamloops’ mother’s baby featured in national documentary

KAMLOOPS - A pregnant mother at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops is part of a documentary series which began airing on CBC last night. Keeping Canada Alive is a six-part documentary featuring a day in the life of Canada’s health care system, from surgery, child birth, to diagnosis and emergency room care. Sixty camera crews filmed...

Kamloops hospital construction enters next phase with pedestrian bridge

KAMLOOPS – Construction of the clinical services building at Royal Inland Hospital is well on its way, with today marking another major step in the process. The pedestrian bridge linking the hospital to the new services building was put into place. Royal Inland Hospital’s health services administrator Carol Laberge says it was a very exciting...

UPDATE: Young boy dies in quadding accident in Celista

NORTH SHUSWAP - A young boy died earlier this month after the all-terrain vehicle he was riding flipped. The B.C. Coroners Service has indentified the victim as Liam Parker Smith, aged nine, from Celista, a small community on the north shore of Shuswap Lake. On Sept. 12, Smith and a friend, aged ten, were riding...

One dead in Valleyview crash

KAMLOOPS - One person is dead after the vehicle they were in was struck by a work truck at the corner of Oriole Road and the Trans-Canada Highway today. Cpl. Brian O’Callaghan says at roughly 12:20 p.m. today, Aug. 31, a white minivan travelling westbound on the highway didn't wait for traffic and attempted to...

VIDEO: Kamloops locals show off their dance moves for special cause

KAMLOOPS — It’s almost time for the Kamloops movers and shakers to shake it and move it in the Dancing Like the Stars competition. Dancing Like the Stars is a Kamloops fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for women’s breast health. The event hosted by the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation will take place at the...

Coroner names young man killed in ATV rollover near Salmon Arm

SALMON ARM - The name of a young man killed last week in an all-terrain vehicle crash has been released. The B.C. Coroners Service says Brandon James Radnai, 22, was killed July 8 when the ATV he was driving rolled over. A family member was with him when the accident happened. Radnai sustained critical injuries...