News Items tag as: Interior Health Authority 2020

Why you really don’t have to pay that private lot parking ticket
January 12, 2021 - 12:00 PM

When a Kelowna nurse contacted us to explain that she got hundreds of dollars in parking tickets from a private lot, she felt she had no other choice to pay them.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Williams Lake long-term care home
December 31, 2020 - 1:01 PM

Another COVID-19 outbreak has been declared in an Interior Health long-term care home.
70 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health region
December 24, 2020 - 1:06 PM

Interior Health is reporting 70 new cases COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with no additional deaths.
Interior Health nurses are being buried in parking tickets during the pandemic
December 23, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Interior Health is cracking down on staff taking over public parking spots and nurses say they are feeling threatened.
First COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Kamloops, Kelowna
December 22, 2020 - 3:40 PM

The first COVID-19 vaccinations in the Interior Health region have been administered to long-term care workers in Kelowna and Kamloops.
Four more deaths due to COVID-19 at Oliver extended care home
December 21, 2020 - 4:45 PM

An outbreak of COVID-19 at an Oliver long-term care home took four more lives over the weekend.
New COVID-19 testing centre opens in Penticton
December 21, 2020 - 11:25 AM

A new community collection centre is being established in Penticton to facilitate COVID-19 testing capacity.
Two more deaths reported at Oliver's McKinney Place care home
December 18, 2020 - 4:59 PM

The COVID-19 outbreak at a South Okanagan care home continued to intensify today with the report of two more deaths.
Interior Health issues alert for contaminated drug supply in Kamloops
December 17, 2020 - 9:32 AM

Interior Health is warning Kamloops illicit drug users about a toxic supply of heroin that is laced with benzodiazepines and fentanyl.
Interior Health region COVID-19 cases approaching 3,000 mark
December 16, 2020 - 3:02 PM

With 91 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, there have now been 2,998 Interior Health residents who have tested positive for the disease.
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