News Items tag as: Kelowna doctor shortage

Pharmacies helping to fill health-care gap in Interior Health region
April 28, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Pharmacists in the Interior Health region are diagnosing and prescribing treatment for minor illnesses to lessen the burden on the health-care system and help those without family doctors.
Why doctors are walking out on walk-in clinics in Kelowna
January 18, 2017 - 11:30 AM

KELOWNA - With the steady decline of walk-in clinics in the B.C. interior, the big question on everyone’s mind, is why.
Rutland is losing their only walk-in clinic this summer
May 12, 2016 - 1:36 PM

KELOWNA - Rutland’s only walk-in clinic is closing this summer after more than 20 years in the community.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of October 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at

iN PHOTOS: Six unusual crops growing in Kamloops, Okanagan gardens
Tomatillos? Cucamelons? Luffa? Some gardeners in Kamloops and the Okanagan are harvesting interesting and unusual crops this fall that not everyone knows are grown in the region. Kamloops gardener Ariel Maki grew lemon cucumbers this year,

An Alabama judge appoints a mediator in a long-running medical marijuana dispute
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday appointed a mediator in the long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson named retired Circuit Judge Euge

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Pharmacies helping to fill health-care gap in Interior Health region