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  • Nicola Valley Hospital – Emergency Department Expansion

    December 25, 2016 - 11:58 AM

    MERRITT – Interior Health has chosen Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. as the design consultant for the planned expansion and renovation of the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre’s emergency department.

    Kasian was chosen as the successful proponent from among nine submissions for a recent request for proposals (RFP) that closed Dec. 6.

  • Care packages for Kelowna's homeless

    December 21, 2016 - 9:38 AM

    Care packages in the form of stockings are being put together to hand out to the homeless on Christmas eve.

  • Emergency department expansion launched at Merritt hospital

    November 07, 2016 - 3:24 PM

    MERRITT - Emergency health services in the Coquihalla corridor will be strengthened thanks to a planned expansion and renovation of the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre's emergency department.

  • The Walk, Roll or Run event in Lumby to promote public health

    August 19, 2016 - 10:36 AM

    LUMBY - The Lumby & District Health Services Society will be kicking off Kraft Hockeyville week in Lumby.

  • ‘Make It’ to the South Okanagan’s largest craft show this weekend

    November 04, 2015 - 3:30 PM

    PENTICTON - Over 150 vendors will be onsite at this weekend’s MakeIt! Okanagan Christmas Craft Faire and Sustainable Living Show. The impressive list of vendors includes unique jewelry, organic skin care products, as well as soaps and candles, handmade clothing, home decor items, stained glass, custom photography, salad dressings, salsas and relishes, and locally caught salmon.

  • Penticton Regional Hospital donors no strangers to health battles

    November 02, 2015 - 3:40 PM

    PENTICTON - Jennifer Stewart literally had to crawl on her knees in her fight against cancer.

  • Health Authority gets ceremonial key to new surgical centre

    April 24, 2015 - 4:52 PM

    KELOWNA – The first three floors of the new Interior Heart and Surgical Centre won’t be open to patients until the fall, but on Friday Plenary Health presented the Interior Health Authority an oversized ceremonial key to signify the end of their construction.

  • New Kelowna facility will provide a safe haven for abused farm animals

    March 28, 2015 - 11:37 AM

    KELOWNA - The B.C. SPCA has officially broken ground for a new large animal seizure facility to temporarily house farm animals rescued from abusive or neglectful situations.

  • New expanded Outpatient Cardiac Services unit opens at KGH

    May 24, 2014 - 11:27 AM

    KELOWNA – Patients with heart conditions in the Southern Interior will have improved access to the highest levels of cardiac care with the official opening of the new Outpatient Cardiac Services unit at Kelowna General Hospital.

  • City of Vernon explains proposed business license bylaw and fee structure

    March 03, 2014 - 2:25 PM

    The City of Vernon is currently reviewing its business license bylaw and fee structure and is looking for input on the proposed changes.

    The City has already received a number of comments to date on the proposed changes. One common issue has been the calculation of floor area. It is important to note that these calculations are based on square metres and not feet.

    Business license fees are not a tax, but a cost recovery for services provided by the City.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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