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Interior Health Authority faces a hefty fine after an incident at the Penticton Regional Hospital. WorkSafeBC says two nurses became ill after entering a room where a patient was using illicit drugs. Victoria Femia has more.

It is an ongoing problem. Three emergency rooms in the interior region were closed over the weekend due to staffing shortages. As Victoria Femia reports — it’s now become an issue in this election campaign.

Interior Health is responding to a warning by Kelowna General Hospital doctors that a shortage of pediatricians could lead to critically ill kids needing to be transferred for care. Klaudia Van Emmerik reports.

Two nurses say they became ill due to a patient using illicit drugs in their room at Penticton Regional Hospital. Now, Interior Health is facing a fine. And paying a hefty price to fire-smart a Vernon townhouse building. What’s involved and why its cheaper than the alternative?

A Vernon woman prepares to head to Vancouver for new cancer treatment. And the number of toxic drug deaths in the interior health region last month was among the highest in the province.

Vancouver police arrest a prolific offender who they accuse of stealing a police SUV and driving it to Templeton park, narrowly missing several bystanders. A 95-year-old man, James Cullina, has spent four days in the emergency room at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock after he ran out of money and was forced out of...

Three emergency rooms in the Interior Health region were closed over the weekend due to staffing shortages. And a Kelowna man’s journey into permanent housing is being held up as an example of how transitional housing can work.

Of all the programs taxpayers fund in this province, health care is by far the most expensive. But in smaller communities, there’s growing concern that when you need your local hospital, it may be closed because of a staff shortage. Communities have been trying to find solutions, but as Darya Zargar reports, some say they’re...

Four hospitals within Interior Health were forced to close their emergency rooms in recent days due to staffing shortages. As Angela Jung reports, some of the city’s mayors are voicing their frustrations.

Every day, across large parts of the province, residents receive the message from their local health authority that their emergency room will be closed overnight. Fed up and concerned, one Mayor is calling for an internal audit of Interior Health, as his community has seen four ER closures this week. Angela Jung has more.

Smoked out in the Slocan valley. Hundreds of residents are under an evacuation order, and how weather is affecting firefighting efforts. Also, Merritt achieves a milestone in flood recovery restoring a vital link in the community after the floods of 2021. And a critical shortage of emergency care in Williams Lake. Fed up and concerned,...

A recent number of swimming advisories has some Okanagan residents wondering if more signage is needed when local governments post swimming advisories issued by Interior Health.

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.

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

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.