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COVID outbreaks declared in three more care homes in Interior Health
COVID outbreaks have been declared at three more long-term care facilities in the Interior Health…
Westbank care home officially closed due to lack of staff
A Westbank First Nation care home has officially shuttered its doors due to a staff…
Home support for Kamloops, Okanagan seniors ‘a zoo’ with new scheduling system: Senior
Home support services offered by the Interior Health Authority are designed to keep seniors safely…
Cranbrook nurse with multiple misconduct charges gives up her licence
An agreement has been reached between the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives and a…
Paramedics saved my life: A Vernon man’s close call
A Vernon man, who recently had a heart attack, is crediting the swift response of…
B.C. nurse who failed to report elder abuse scheduled for disciplinary hearing
A B.C. nurse who failed to report several incidents of staff abusing seniors while on…
B.C. nurse faces discipline hearing for allegedly bashing trans people online
A B.C. nurse is being called into a disciplinary hearing after allegedly launching online attacks against…
Accomplished Kamloops health-care professional earns Freedom of the City award
A Kamloops resident is being recognized with the city's highest municipal honour after a lifetime…
Kamloops psych ward facing dangerous staffing shortages: nurse
Staffing for the acute psychiatric ward in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops is reaching critically…
Why thousands of Thompson-Okanagan residents can’t find a family doctor
Kelowna physician Dr. Marjorie Docherty has been practicing family medicine in Canada since 1985 when…
PARKING PREDICAMENT: Hospital staff in Kelowna, Kamloops not using shuttle service
Even though it can take staff five to six years to get a parking pass…
Anti-vaxxer loses fight with union after being fired by Interior Health
A B.C. health care worker has lost a legal fight against her union after she…
Staffing shortage twice as bad at Kamloops hospital versus Kelowna
New data from the Interior Health Authority shows just how serious the staff shortages are…
‘Frustrating’: Interior Health stonewalls victim after nurse snoops on her medical records
A Kelowna woman who had her private medical records accessed by a nurse at Kelowna…
Clearwater emergency room closure extended into September
The overnight closure of the emergency room in the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater…