News Items tag as: Interior Health Vernon

Overdose prevention site set for Vernon, but details vague
January 23, 2019 - 12:15 PM

VERNON - Interior Health is bringing an overdose prevention site to Vernon, but the where, when and cost are still up in the air.
Community groups to decide how best to spend up to $100,000 in funding for overdose response in Vernon
February 05, 2018 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - People with lived experience in the opioid overdose crisis will be among those involved in a new community driven response to the deadly epidemic in Vernon.
New residential care home moves ahead in Vernon
October 07, 2015 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - A total of 85 new residential care beds are in the works for Vernon and with the recent awarding of the contract they are getting closer to reality.
What many dementia patients have in common with the Enderby senior found dead last week
March 10, 2015 - 4:30 PM

VERNON - More people are living independently with dementia instead of in care homes than you might think, says an Interior Health Authority doctor.
Interior Health appealing $75,000 fine for endangering workers at Vernon hospital
January 23, 2015 - 4:29 PM

VERNON — Interior Health Authority is fighting a $75,000 fine imposed by WorkSafe B.C. for exposing its workers to toxic substances.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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 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

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CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board says a fiery collision between...
March 31, 2025 9:00 PM
Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that...
March 31, 2025 7:00 PM
Ombudsperson call for council conduct oversight by province gets support in Kamloops
Elected officials in Kamloops would welcome provincial oversight in the...
March 31, 2025 6:00 PM
B.C. NDP fast-tracking end of consumer carbon tax, Eby says gas to drop 17 cents
British Columbia's government was fast-tracking the end of its consumer...
March 31, 2025 5:26 PM
Kelowna council approves extra $1.3M for Prospera Place upgrades
The cost overruns for the upgrades at Prospera Place in Kelowna are going to...
March 31, 2025 4:46 PM

Overdose prevention site set for Vernon, but details vague