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Interior Health suspends maternity services at Cariboo Memorial Hospital
KAMLOOPS — Due to a shortage of trained maternity nurses, Interior Health Authority has temporarily…
What Kamloops’s new family practice learning centre means to the city’s doctor shortage
KAMLOOPS – More patients without a family doctor in Kamloops will soon be connected with…
What new physicians in Sun Peaks mean for Kamloops’s family doctor shortage
KAMLOOPS – After years of work from officials in Sun Peaks, a family practice is…
Vernon faces ‘risks’ without more police officers, top cop says
VERNON – Without an increase of general duty officers, there will be risks to the…
Worker shortage being felt at Vernon shelter
VERNON – Local shelters are feeling the impacts of a worker shortage in the North…
More than 6,000 Kamloops residents remain on primary care waitlist
KAMLOOPS – With thousands of Kamloops residents still waiting for a family doctor, it looks…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: What each party would do to combat the family doctor shortage
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Across the Interior, access to health care was an election issue long before…
Walk-in Clinics of B.C. launching petition for more family doctors
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A petition will be launched this week, calling on the provincial government to…
Kamloops sheriffs helping Victoria with ‘crisis’ shortage in courthouse
KAMLOOPS – Deputy sheriffs in Kamloops have begun travelling to Victoria in hopes of mitigating…
GET IN LINE: How the North Kamloops walk-in closure could impact patients and clinics
KAMLOOPS – Evelyne Magowan and her family are feeling the pressure being placed on Kamloops…
What the provincial budget means for doctor shortage in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – With a provincial election just around the corner, B.C.'s Health Ministry has received…
How walk-in clinics play a crucial role in Kamloops’ family doctor shortage
KAMLOOPS – With up to 30,000 Kamloops residents not having a general practitioner, a strain…
There are a few reasons behind the Vernon family doctors’ shortage, and they’re nothing new
VERNON – One of the founding members of a closing Vernon walk-in clinic says physicians…
GET IN LINE: What it takes to see a doctor in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Whether it's taking the bus or getting a ride from a friend, Candace…
Rental housing ‘minimal to non-existent’ as Lumby residents face eviction from local campground
LUMBY – Those facing eviction from a campground in Lumby don’t have a lot of…
Don’t expect to get off the Kamloops family doctor 811 waiting list anytime soon
KAMLOOPS – With 4,300 people registered in the Kamloops region on the new 811 Health…
High demand for flu shots leaves some Interior locations short
KAMLOOPS – You'll want to call ahead if you're heading out to a local pharmacy…
New phone line to help with Kamloops doctor shortage goes live
KAMLOOPS – If you're one of the thousands of Kamloops residents without a family doctor,…
Shortage of ultrasound techs having an impact at Vernon Jubilee Hospital
VERNON – A province-wide shortage of ultrasound technologists is being felt in Vernon. An ultrasound…
New North Shore health facility could help with lack of Kamloops doctors
KAMLOOPS – Plans to bring a new health centre to the North Shore is expected…
More stations without gasoline as Okanagan shortage expands
OKANAGAN – The gasoline shortage impacting Petro-Canada stations in the Southern Interior has expanded, with…
Kamloops not immune from Petro-Canada gasoline shortage
KAMLOOPS – The gasoline shortage impacting Petro-Canada stations in the Southern Interior has hit Kamloops.…
International doctors set up shop in Ashcroft and Logan Lake
ASHCROFT – Four international doctors are settling in at their new rural locations in B.C.…
One homeless man’s long road to finding affordable housing in Vernon
“I HAD TO ASK FOR HELP. IT WAS EITHER THAT, OR I’D STILL BE HOMELESS” VERNON - For the last 10 years, Roy You has lived on and off the streets. He travelled far from the Splatsin First Nation reserve where he grew up, searching for work in different places, never staying long. Many nights...