News Items tag as: Kelowna General Hospital

Months after closure Kelowna General Hospital pediatric unit fully reopens
August 14, 2025 - 10:49 AM

New hires are helping the Kelowna General Hospital pediatric unit reopen after it has been closed for months.
Kelowna General Hospital pediatric unit partially reopening after weeks
July 10, 2025 - 3:43 PM

Some pediatric services are coming back to Kelowna General Hospital, weeks after the unit closed.
TOXIC CULTURE: Kelowna MLAs meet with Interior Health CEO to express leadership concerns
June 12, 2025 - 4:33 PM

Three Kelowna MLAs met with Interior Health leadership Thursday in an effort to address concerns about a toxic culture from the top down to the pediatric ward at Kelowna General Hospital.
Lemonade stands around B.C. raising funds for Kelowna charity today
June 08, 2024 - 11:00 AM

People around B.C. are setting up lemonade stands today to help out families of patients at Kelowna General Hospital.
$6.1M raised to increase cancer treatment capacity in Kelowna
May 23, 2024 - 11:05 AM

A BC Cancer Foundation effort that began in the fall of 2022 to raise money to build a Systemic Therapy Suite in Kelowna has surpassed the goal ahead of time.
$1M donation to Kelowna General for patients with Parkinson's disease
January 31, 2024 - 8:49 AM

Kelowna General Hospital has received $1 million donation to advance care for those living with Parkinson's disease.
Kelowna cosplayers team up to raise funds and kids' spirits
November 27, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A group in Kelowna has been using cosplay to try to make the world a better place.
Rainbow crosswalk for Kelowna General Hospital
October 18, 2023 - 9:00 AM

Kelowna General Hospital has an all-new colourful crosswalk.
$30M for two MRI machines at Kelowna General Hospital
April 20, 2023 - 8:28 AM

Two new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines are coming to Kelowna General Hospital.
Kelowna ER nurse left Indigenous person 'pulseless and unresponsive'
January 26, 2023 - 2:30 PM

A Kelowna emergency room nurse who left a "pulseless and unresponsive" Indigenous person in the vestibule of the emergency department assuming they were dead has been reprimanded.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
The BC General Employees Union strike continues and with BC Liquor Distribution Branch workers on the picket line it’s leaving cannabis retailers in a tough spot. The distribution branch handles almost all of the province’s cann

Big increase in homeless populations in Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm
Homelessness in Penticton has almost doubled over the last seven years, while Vernon also saw an increase of more than 20% in the same time period. The number of people in Penticton without a home has increased by 80% since 2018, with 194 n

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