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Interior Health is dealing with a large data breach from several years ago which affects tens of thousands of former employees, and even several thousand current ones. As Victoria Femia reports one local cybersecurity company says avoiding threats like this one – is like a game of cat and mouse.

Drought concerns prompt water cap on Kelowna farmers. Many regions across the province and the country noticing a drop in the number of volunteer firefighters, as another busy wildfire season looms. Interior Health doing what it can to help raise awareness during National Immunization Week.

For the first time, Global News talks with residents of Kelowna’s new tiny homes, meanwhile a cleanup is underway at the tent city site, along the Okanagan Rail Trail, and Interior Health plans on resuming extreme heat wellness checks this summer.

It’s National Immunization Week and here in the Interior Health region, the occasion is being used to help raise awareness and thank the healthcare providers who helped deliver immunization doses across the region. But it’s also an opportunity to help boost vaccine rates because as Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, there may be some post-pandemic vaccine...

The City of Kelowna has just launched what they’re calling an “alternative revenue initiative” to try and generate more money; two Vernon police officers may be charged relating to an arrest three years ago; Interior Health is confirming a possible drug use incident at Penticton Regional Hospital earlier this week that sent several staff members...

Interior Health is dealing with a years-old system hack, a meeting of Okanagan stakeholders discuss invasive mussels, and Kelowna marks International Women’s Day.

It had the potential to compromise patient safety — that’s how hospital staff describe a situation that involved not one, but two emergency codes issued almost simultaneously at Kelowna General Hospital last week. Now they’re calling on Interior Health to come up with an improved contingency plan so that patient care is not jeopardized. Klaudia...

Millions of COVID-19 rapid tests have been put to use — since they first became available back in February 2022. But now, one of the province’s health authorities says those tests aren’t accurate enough for a clinical diagnosis.

Following a more than two-year-long battle for more mental health help in Penticton, the city, Interior Health, and RCMP gathered Monday to announce the official launch of the Car 40 program. Taya Fast reports.

Interior Health recently announced that it will be extending its Urgent Care hours in West Kelowna. As our Taya Fast reports, the city hopes that this is just the beginning of an increase in healthcare services on the Westside.

Interior Health recently shared data that showed people in our part of the province have a shorter life expectancy than other British Columbians. As Taya Fast reports, there are also significant differences within the region itself.

A Kelowna business owner is surprised to find a brazen shoplifting spree caught on surveillance camera, Interior Health is reporting the average lifespan in the region is lower than in other parts of the province, and another Okanagan ski hill prepares to open select runs.

Some much-needed relief for expectant parents in the Okanagan–Interior health has opened its first maternity clinic in the valley–one that’s expected to help address a shortage of obstetricians. Klaudia Van Emmerik reports.

Some hospitals in the Interior Health Region are facing a shortage of OB/GYN specialists, dozens of BC communities will be getting better ambulance service, and crime stats are down in Penticton.

Vernon’s last remaining walk-in clinic will soon be closing its doors for good. Interior Health and the clinic operator say the closure is due to a lack of support staff. As Jayden Wasney reports, many residents are concerned about how or where they’ll be able to see a doctor.

The BC United Party is demanding answers from the governing NDP afterword the former top doctor at Interior Health was paid hundreds of thousands of taxpayers despite facing child sex-related charges. New systemic therapy suite to open in Kelowna. Call for peace at World Religions Conference in Vernon.

Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases across BC, the provincial government recently reinstated the mask mandate in all healthcare settings however Interior Health says they are still waiting for some clarification on where the masks must be worn. Taya Fast reports.

Interior Health says ongoing staffing challenges are forcing temporary closures at some emergency rooms in the region, and as Jayden Wasney reports, that’s having a direct impact on ambulance services in nearby communities as paramedics scramble to get patients to the nearest available ER.

Interior design is more than esthetics — it also includes health and wellness.

As the crisis of emergency room closures continues to hinder health care in several BC interior hospitals – one city is taking action. As Victoria Femia reports, the mayor of Merritt has made a decision that is likely to get the attention of the province.