News Items tag as: Ebola

Health authority continues to monitor possible Ebola cases
May 26, 2015 - 5:20 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If the ongoing Ebola epidemic has a human face within the Interior Health Authority, it’s that of Patrice Gordon, a nurse practioner who returned from West Africa last December and promptly began displaying the early signs of of the disease.
Interior Health to consider ebola preparedness recommendations
May 20, 2015 - 1:01 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If the world has learned anything from the ongoing ebola epidemic, it’s that you cannot predict where and when a person carrying the dreaded virus will show up.
What role do you play in the Ebola crisis?
January 26, 2015 - 7:31 PM

KAMLOOPS – Those interested in learning more about the Ebola crisis and what role British Columbians play in preventing its spread have the opportunity to attend a dialogue hosted by international development practitioners this Wednesday, Jan. 28.

'Rethinking the Ebola Crisis' will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Smorgasbord, 255 7 Ave.
Second round of Ebola tests negative
December 31, 2014 - 5:28 PM

KELOWNA - A second set of Ebola tests being conducting on an Interior Health nurse practitioner have returned negative, but a third and final test will still need to be done before she is given the all clear.
UPDATE: Ebola tests on patient in Kelowna 'negative'
December 30, 2014 - 4:33 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Interior Health has confirmed a patient is in isolation at Kelowna General Hospital while being tested for the Ebola virus.
Battling Ebola: A nurse's story
December 20, 2014 - 2:34 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As her family and friends prepare to have a white Christmas back home, Patrice Gordon will don a "spacesuit" in extreme heat and help patients infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone.
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Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
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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

News Items tag as: Ebola

Health authority continues to monitor possible Ebola cases

Interior Health to consider ebola preparedness recommendations

What role do you play in the Ebola crisis?

Second round of Ebola tests negative

UPDATE: Ebola tests on patient in Kelowna 'negative'

Battling Ebola: A nurse's story

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