News Items tag as: Interior Health Authority public health

Strong demand means some providers short of flu vaccine in Kelowna
November 01, 2017 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA - Strong demand has left some local pharmacies and clinics short of this year’s flu vaccine but the Interior Health Authority says there’s more than enough to go around.
Why West Kelowna and Penticton are never mentioned in overdose numbers
October 18, 2017 - 7:30 PM

OKANAGAN - This is a short list you really don’t want to make.
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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 April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

The Latest: Stock market suffers worst week since 2020 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs
Markets are facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in t
April 04, 2025 2:34 PM
Westside Road near West Kelowna to reopen on Monday following landslide
Westside Road will be closed through the weekend as crews work to clear the landslide that washed out the route betw
April 04, 2025 2:00 PM
Carney, Singh pledge support for CBC to defend sovereignty, fight misinformation
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh expressed support Friday for federal spending to ensure
April 04, 2025 1:51 PM
Economy posts biggest job loss since 2022 as U.S. tariffs begin to take their toll
OTTAWA - March saw the Canadian economy post its biggest job loss since January 2022 as the uncertainty caused by U.S.
April 04, 2025 9:12 AM
Shuswap MLA denies promoting Trump and western separatism
A Shuswap Conservative MLA accused of promoting western separatism and engaging in pro-Trump messaging on social med
April 04, 2025 6:00 AM

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