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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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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