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Nurses rally at Merritt's hospital demanding better security and more staff
April 17, 2024 - 2:30 PM

Nurses at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt spent the lunch hour today protesting staffing shortages and demanding increased security.
Mandatory vaccines for nurses making hospitals even more unsafe: union
September 14, 2021 - 6:00 PM

A decades-long shortage of trained nurses in B.C. is going to be made worse if hundreds, even thousands, of nurses have to stop work because they’re not vaccinated against COVID.
B.C. nurses union says Interior Health failing Kamloops hospital workers during pandemic
February 08, 2021 - 2:30 PM

The B.C. Nurses Union has some scathing criticism of Interior Health's handling of frontline workers during the pandemic, pointing to an outbreak of COVID-19 at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as an example of the dire impact the pandemic is having on nurses.
Hundreds of new nurses coming to the Southern Interior
January 19, 2016 - 4:39 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Hundreds of new registered nurses are being recruited to work in local hospitals under a new provincial agreement, the health minister announced today.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Nurses rally at Merritt's hospital demanding better security and more staff