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BC health minister coming to Kamloops for health-care announcement
February 07, 2024 - 5:04 PM

Kamloops residents may get some good news about the city's long-promised cancer centre tomorrow.
New North Okanagan health-care network to connect people with family doctors
February 02, 2024 - 2:19 PM

The BC government is adding 75 more health-care workers to the Vernon area, including family doctors and nurse practitioners through a primary-care network.
Kamloops cancer centre plan to be presented 'soon': health minister
January 10, 2024 - 2:35 PM

BC's health minister says plans for a Kamloops cancer centre are completed, but he hasn't any details on it yet.
Interior Health leading the way in B.C. with latest COVID variant
May 10, 2022 - 2:17 PM

As if Omicron and Omicron BA2 were not making far too many people sick with COVID-19, one of the newest and more contagious subvariants, BA2.12 has shown up in B.C. with the Interior Health region one of its primary targets.
Level of comfort: It's time to make your own COVID safety plan in B.C.
February 15, 2022 - 6:00 PM

The time is coming fast when B.C. residents will have to decide just how comfortable they are getting back to a new normal in a world where COVID is still very much with us.
COVID making thousands of B.C. health-care workers sick
January 14, 2022 - 3:30 PM

In a single week, in early January, there were at least 10,000 health-care workers off sick in B.C. with COVID-19.
B.C.'s top doctor tells schools to make plans to operate short-staffed
January 04, 2022 - 4:43 PM

Schools in B.C. are on track to fully open next week following the extended holiday break due to the surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
5 cases of Omicron variant detected in B.C. so far: provincial health officer
December 07, 2021 - 3:41 PM

There have now been five cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 detected in B.C.
COVID-19 outbreaks close six operating rooms in Kamloops
November 16, 2021 - 3:02 PM

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has forced the closure of six operating rooms.
COVID-19 hammering B.C. Interior’s two biggest hospitals: health officials
November 09, 2021 - 3:30 PM

The two largest hospitals in the Interior Health region are feeling the effects of the continuing spread of COVID-19.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
Paynter’s farm is staying open later into the season to help move thousands of pounds of apples from local farmers after the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative shut down earlier this year. Jennay Oliver, Paynter’s farm owner and operato

Penticton 'potio' smoking lounge blazing a trail for cannabis tourism
A dispensary in Penticton made its patio into a pot smoking lounge, and its success could turn a new leaf for the cannabis industry in the Okanagan. Back in February the BC government permitted smoking pot anywhere you’re allowed to s

Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
A survey from Habitat for Humanity Canada shows 87 per cent of British Columbians view homeownership as a luxury. The online survey conducted by Leger for the non-profit asked 1,500 Canadians a range of questions about the housing cri

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