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Interior Health says it will resume it wellness check program for vulnerable individuals who don't have access to indoor cooling during the summer.

The released figure of 784,980 comes during National Immunization Awareness Week, which runs April 22-30.

“While substance use is suspected, we are still investigating,” Interior Health told Global News of the April 7 incident in Penticton.

The union alleges that Interior Health has ignored renewed calls for increased security on site on top of ongoing staffing shortages.

Interior Health says former employees who worked there from 2003-09 should contact them to see if their personal information was contained in a document found by police.

A Telus outage triggered a code grey at multiple Interior Health (IH) locations including at the Penticton Regional Hospital.

On the evening of Feb. 28, a code orange was issued for multiple victims needing care. Then a code grey was issued after the computer system went down.

“The District of Lake Country and Interior Health recommend that all customers in the affected area drink boiled water or a safe alternative,” reads the warning.

According to Interior Health, the facility will be closed Monday, March 4 and Tuesday, March 5, to allow crews to continue repair and restoration work.

Interior Health announced the latest closure on Friday afternoon, just after 3 p.m., and that it’s due to limited physician availability.

Interior Health says the closure at Oliver’s only hospital will begin Friday night, Feb. 16, from 8 p.m., and end Saturday morning, Feb. 17, at 5 a.m.

With no success in finding a nurse at a care home trained in Wagner's equipment, she turned to hospice, but even that has no guarantee if there's no bed available.

A British Columbia First Nation says racism in the health-care system persists despite efforts by the government and industry to combat the problem.

David Lindsay's court date brought in its usual contingent of supporters, keen on expressing their affection the well-established vexatious litigant.

The closure will begin Thursday evening (March 28) at 8 p.m., and end Friday morning (March 29) at 7 a.m.

An empty lot on Pacific Avenue in Kelowna, B.C., will soon be home to 20 complex-care and 20 supportive housing units.

On Friday, local officials were presented with the official designation at Penticton Regional Hospital.

Since the province declared the toxic drug crisis a public health emergency in on April 14, 2016, over 14,000 deaths have been recorded as a result.

David Lindsay's sentencing for an Aug. 21, 2021 assault began Friday, but as has been the case throughout the long and winding trial, it didn't come to a swift conclusion.

South Okanagan people needing advanced medical care will now benefit from the purchase of a second state-of-the-art computed tomography scanner at Penticton Regional Hospital.