Health

Can’t find children’s Tylenol in Kamloops, Okanagan? Here are some options
Shortages of children’s Tylenol on pharmacy shelves really should not be a huge worry for…

Drugs, death and denial on the job in B.C.
Vince Tournour’s obituary said it best: he loved and he was loved. Before he broke…

South Okanagan breast cancer patients find hope for tomorrow
Shock, anger, denial and fear of the unknown marked the start of Kelly-Rae Buchan’s battle…

Chronically ill B.C. woman ‘dying of poverty’
A disabled Vancouver woman says she is still fighting for government support to stay alive…

Flu shots are free and Interior Health would like you to get one
Interior Health is reminding people it’s not too late to get a flu shot. The…
Merritt residents will be without an emergency room tonight
The emergency room at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt will be shut down at 6…

Nursing shortages getting worse in Kamloops, Okanagan hospitals
While staff shortages in Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals got lots of headlines last summer and…

Some pharmacies in Kamloops, Okanagan unable to fill prescriptions
There's no word yet on when pharmacies in Safeway, FreshCo and IGA stores in the…

Work and the epidemic of men’s depression in B.C.
Nearly half of Canadian men meet the threshold for clinical depression and one in three…
Interior Health warns of monkeypox ‘scam’ calls
Interior Health is warning the public that robocalls claiming an exposure to monkeypox are, in…

Penticton nurse that bullied colleagues loses licence
A Penticton nurse has lost his nursing licence for bullying and harassing his former colleagues,…

Nutters health food store opening in downtown Kamloops
The doors of a new health food store in downtown Kamloops are about to open…

Wildfires prompt smoky skies warning across B.C. Interior
Several large wildfires burning in B.C., and south of the border in Washington state and…

B.C. needs to invest in primary care to stem the bleeding of family doctors from rural areas
Rural communities in B.C. will continue to suffer critical doctor shortages and the knock-on effect…

Staffing partly to blame for low blood supplies in Kamloops, Okanagan
Staffing shortages that are hitting so many industries across the country are also making it…