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British Columbia's Interior Health Authority has been fined nearly $275,000 after workers were exposed to an unknown substance at a hospital in Penticton.

In September, emergency departments at Interior Health hospitals closed about 10 times, three just over the weekend.

Mike Goetz told Global News he was sent internal documents by non-official insider sources within Interior Health that indicate more ER closures coming.

The advisory states that pediatric consultations and admissions to the pediatric ward will not be possible at Kelowna's ER during the service disruptions.

T'itq'et First Nations members have taken matters into their own hands, forming their own emergency health response team in the wake of repeated ER closures.

Her daughter Carole Fawcett got a call from a nurse around 9 p.m. that evening telling her they were discharging Russell and given her age, Fawcett had concerns.

Health Canada has approved updated mRNA vaccines targeting the KP.2 COVID-19 subvariant. These vaccines are approved for use for people six months and older.

Operated by Interior Health, the new Vernon UPCC will be a collaboration between the Ministry of Health and several other organizations.

The community's mayor is pushing forward with a plan that would see the construction of a multi-unit building on a parcel of land a couple of blocks away from the hospital.

The director of JoeAnna's House, Darlene Haslock, said the facility has been at full capacity for the past nine months.

NDP Leader David Eby is promising a $75-million loan forgiveness program to entice doctors, nurses and health professionals to expand health-care services in rural British Columbia

NDP Leader David Eby is promising a $75-million loan forgiveness program to entice doctors, nurses and heath professionals to expand health-care services in rural British Columbia.

According to the B.C. College of physicians and surgeons, there are 24 pediatricians registered in the City of Kelowna, however,  only six of them work at the hospital.

Interior Health says emergency services at South Okanagan General Hospital will be unavailable from 1 o'clock on Friday afternoon until Saturday at noon due to staff shortages.

A high-profile COVID-protocol protester was sentenced to four months for an August 2021 assault of a security guard at the Interior Health building in Kelowna.

The action comes after communities including Oliver, Merritt, Williams Lake and Lillooet have faced repeated ER closures driven primarily by staffing shortages.

The regional district says it issued the swimming advisory on Friday following recommendations from Interior Health.

The province's deadly drug and mental health crises have been a pivotal campaign issue in the election and will prove to be a major challenge for whoever forms government.

Philip Nitschke said called the allegations "absurd" and said he watched her death via video transmission.

The mayor of Williams Lake is calling on Interior Health to conduct an internal audit after Cariboo Memorial Hospital was temporarily closed 10 times in July.