News Items tag as: Interior Health Authority

Why this Kamloops mom is fighting to get her daughter back behind bars
August 03, 2018 - 6:30 PM

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Behind the scenes at Interior Health during the 2017 Okanagan meningitis outbreak
July 26, 2018 - 7:00 AM

Internal memos and reports about last year’s meningitis outbreak in the Okanagan show just how uncommon such disease outbreaks are these days.
Interior Health gets stiff fine, closes Princeton facility
July 13, 2018 - 4:30 PM

PRINCETON - The Interior Health Authority has been fined more than $600,000 by WorkSafe B.C. following an assault at a Princeton mental health drop-in centre.
Here's why Interior Health has concerns about needle buyback programs
July 13, 2018 - 2:20 PM

KAMLOOPS - At least two communities in the Southern Interior have created a grassroots needle buyback program to help clean up sharps from public places, and although Interior Health isn't entirely opposed to the idea, the health authority does have concerns.
A mother battles the system as her Kamloops son fights drug addiction, mental illness
May 08, 2018 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - A mother of a Kamloops man says she is losing hope of ever getting her son help for his drug addiction and mental health.
Overdose alert for Kamloops after six deaths in 10 days
February 28, 2018 - 1:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - Six people have died from suspected overdoses in 10 days in Kamloops.
Funding extended for Interior Health supervised consumption sites
January 25, 2018 - 7:00 PM

Interior Health's mobile supervised consumption sites are here to stay a little longer.
More resources, awareness could be behind Interior's drop in overdose deaths
November 10, 2017 - 8:30 PM

During the month of September, nine people died from an illicit drug overdose in the Interior Health Authority, a sharp decline from monthly numbers usually seen in the region.

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City officials want more communication from Interior Health
November 02, 2017 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - A lack of presence and communication from Interior Health is causing frustration within a community task force in Kamloops.
Old school tool used to fight opioid overdose crisis in the Interior Health Authority
October 26, 2017 - 11:10 AM

The opioid crisis that’s killing dozens of people across the Interior Health Authority is relatively new but one of the best tools it has to combat the crisis is decidedly old school — methadone and its lesser-known cousin suboxone.
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OPINION As citizens, we expect a lot from our governments. We expect them to provide wise guidance for our economy, prudent shepherding of our environment, and protection from violence both foreign and domestic.