IHA

• B.C. wildfires: Interior Health returning clients to evacuated long-term care residences

  131 residents are returning to Vineyards Residence in Kelowna while 112 residents are returning to Lakeview Lodge in West Kelowna.

  Fire

  Aug 26, 2023
  
• Interior Health issues street drug alert for Penticton

  A drug being sold as Down contains a strong synthetic opioid called Nitazene. The drug carries a high risk of overdosing.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2023
  
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• Interior Health issues alert for street drug in Kelowna

  The alert is for a drug called Down, which is said to contain very high concentrations of fentanyl and benzodiazepines.

  Health

  May 25, 2023
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• B.C. man sues Kelowna hospital over alleged wrong surgery that ruined his sex life

  The plaintiff claims the surgeon performed the wrong operation on his injured penis resulting in a deformity that 'caused the plaintiff immense pain and suffering.'

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2023
• Businesses raising concerns over crime in downtown Kelowna, B.C.

  The goal of the survey is to eventually bring the report forward to city officials and Interior Health to show exactly what business owners are dealing with on a daily basis. 

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2023
• Merritt, B.C. residents rally following another ER closure

  "Somebody's going to get in a catastrophe situation and we're not going to have any way to help them. It's not just us, it's people travelling on the highway. It's everybody."

  Health

  Apr 9, 2023
• Doctor denied position at Merritt, B.C. emergency room

  Merritt residents say this has become an uphill battle with Interior Health and if a solution is presented, they would at least like it considered.

  Health

  Mar 29, 2023
• Grocery store in Kelowna fined for selling tobacco to minor

  Interior Health issued a $575 fine to the Safeway branch on Bernard Avenue. The fine was issued on March 2 in what was essentially a sting operation using hired underage shoppers.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2023
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• Former top doctor of B.C.’s Interior Health region, Alberta’s North zone found guilty of child sex assault

  Dr. Albert De Villiers was found guilty Tuesday of the sexual molestation of a child under the age of 12 in Grande Prairie, Alta. It's a charge he denied.

  Crime

  Feb 7, 2023
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• Former top doctor for Interior Health testifies in child sex assault trial

  Due to the age of the people involved in the trial, there’s a publication ban covering their identities and anything that may offer insight into them.

  Crime

  Jan 11, 2023