News Items tag as: Long Term Care

Transit drivers unsung heroes during massive West Kelowna wildfire evacuations
March 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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During the 2023 wildfires in the Okanagan last summer season multiple transit bus drivers were put on the frontlines to help evacuate the residents of long-term care facilities like the evacuation of West Kelowna's Brookhaven Care Centre.
Summerland woman helping empower families of seniors in care
April 16, 2022 - 6:00 AM

It’s been more than a decade since B.C.’s ombudsperson recommended family councils be strengthened in care homes and enshrined in legislation.
COVID outbreaks declared in three more care homes in Interior Health
January 13, 2022 - 11:09 AM

COVID outbreaks have been declared at three more long-term care facilities in the Interior Health region.
Massive months-long COVID outbreak in Kelowna care home now under control
November 04, 2021 - 7:30 AM

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Cottonwoods Care Home in Kelowna is in its fourth month but health officials are confident that it’s now under control.
Survey says that Canadians have lost faith in long-term care in wake of COVID-19
July 26, 2021 - 10:15 AM

COVID-19 cast a shadow over long-term care facilities across Canada, prompting more people to demand changes to address the losses of life and persistent isolation residents of these facilities experienced as the pandemic wore on.
Interior Health ending oversight role at Summerland long-term care home
July 13, 2021 - 3:00 PM

After almost 17 months of being under the supervision of an administrator appointed by Interior Health, Summerland Seniors Village will now be run by its private operator.
Long-term care homes in B.C. soon returning to almost normal
July 08, 2021 - 3:31 PM

Just as much of the province reopened from COVID-19 restrictions on July 1, long-term care homes are following suit on July 19.
Kelowna woman refuses to give up on investigation into mother's care in home
June 23, 2021 - 6:30 AM

As if it wasn’t enough for Bev Ambler to give up her job as a care aid in order to rescue her mom from a care home during COVID, now she’s being stymied in her efforts to discover why no one told her what really happened in that home.
How seniors advocates can help fix long term care in B.C.
June 16, 2021 - 7:30 AM

The deadline for the provincial government to create a voice for seniors in long term care passed more than a decade ago.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna long-term care home
April 28, 2021 - 10:44 AM

Interior Health is reporting a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care home in Kelowna.
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JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is hosting a launch party for its all-new designat

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

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