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News Items tag as: Interior Health Authority 2022
Flooding at Kamloops hospital squeezes appointments
December 29, 2022 - 3:04 PM
A burst water line is delaying X-ray and CT scan appointments at Royal Inland Hospital.
Merritt's emergency room hit with overnight closure
December 19, 2022 - 4:22 PM
Limited physician availability has forced the closure of the emergency room at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt overnight tonight.
Interior Health doesn't have enough nurses to operate the healthcare clinic in Ashcroft today
December 18, 2022 - 7:30 AM
Ashcroft residents will have to go to the hospital in Kamloops if they need healthcare today.
Interior Health defends its work in Southern Interior shelters
December 17, 2022 - 1:00 PM
Interior Health is already at the table and doing everything it needs to support homeless shelters in Kamloops and the Okanagan, says the executive director of clinical operations for the Thompson-Cariboo region.
Big boost to RCMP mental health response teams in Kelowna, Kamloops
December 01, 2022 - 2:21 PM
After years of lobbying, Interior Health is adding four nurses to RCMP teams dealing with mental health calls in Kamloops and Kelowna.
Drug users in Kelowna and Vernon should be extra careful this week
November 30, 2022 - 12:33 PM
High concentrations of benzos and fentanyl have been found in recent samples of down, and Interior Health is putting users in Kelowna and Vernon on alert.
Home support workers thrown into turmoil after scheduling changes by Interior Health
November 30, 2022 - 7:30 AM
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A dramatic change to scheduling has dismayed dozens, if not hundreds, of home care support workers throughout the Interior Health region.
Why COVID precautions may make a flu shot more important this year
November 18, 2022 - 6:00 PM
Diligence during the COVID pandemic the past few years kept seasonal flu at bay but that's also a reason you might need a flu shot this year.
Interior Health making rape kits more accessible, but where?
November 11, 2022 - 4:28 PM
When a young Merritt woman was raped by a close friend two years ago, she did everything she was supposed to do: She told a friend who took her to the local hospital within hours of the sexual assault.
Nursing shortages getting worse in Kamloops, Okanagan hospitals
November 09, 2022 - 6:00 PM
While staff shortages in Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals got lots of headlines last summer and promises from Interior Health to make things better, they’ve only gotten worse.
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From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur
Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a
Kelowna increased land values; now residents, businesses are getting the bills
The City of Kelowna was far ahead of the provincial government when it streamlined higher density housing in core areas almost two years ago. The city made it easier to redevelop existing properties to gain height or density without going t
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B.C. drug use advocates warn decriminalization change may cause more drug deaths
VANCOUVER - Health Canada's decision to allow British Columbia to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in mos
May 09, 2024 9:30 AM
The Latest | Aid ship sails for floating pier off Gaza, as more Palestinians flee Rafah
The first ship carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza was on its way Thursday to a floating platform built by the U.S. mili
May 09, 2024 9:15 AM
Man in 20s dies in house fire in Blackpool north of Kamloops
A young man died in a house fire in the small community of Blackpool about 115 kilometres north of Kamloops along Hi
May 09, 2024 8:21 AM
Vernon shooter gets community leave while on parole
A Vernon man who has been in prison for the last nine years following a shootout in Polson Park in 2014, is free und
May 09, 2024 7:00 AM
Indian Relay Races part of this year's Kamloopa Pow Wow for first time
Professional horseback riders will kick up the dust and wow crowds in Kamloops late next month with Indian Relay rac
May 09, 2024 6:00 AM
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