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Interior Health hopes obstetrical services will be back to normal soon in Williams Lake
KAMLOOPS - Another disruption to in-patient maternity services is coming to Cariboo Memorial Hospital. In a news release issued Monday, Interior Health advised all expectant mothers to relocate to Kam...
May 28, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Cariboo Memorial Hospital maternity services to be temporarily suspended this week
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Expectant mothers in the Cariboo region are being asked to arrange different plans for their deliveries should they happen this week. In a news release, Interior Health says wome...
James Peters May 27, 2019 Cariboo Memorial Hospital (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
11th annual ICCHA/Wish Fund Gala boosts cardiac care for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops became one step closer to improved cardiac care, after the sold-out ICCHA / Wish Fund Gala over the weekend. Founder Al Patel says the final donation count is not done yet, but the...
May 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Harris
Compliments chicken strips recalled due to possible Salmonella contamination
OTTAWA - Sofina Foods Inc. is recalling Compliments brand Chicken Strips from the marketplace to avoid possible Salmonella illnesses.The Public Health Agency of Canada says it's investigating an outbr...
May 25, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Exploring the potential for a supportive cancer care centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A local group is researching what it would take to bring a supportive cancer care centre to Kamloops. The effort is part of a larger campaign to help cancer patients navigate the care they ...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
BC Coroners report showing decade high motorcyclist fatalities puts safety into focus
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service recently released a count of how many motorcyclist deaths occurred in B.C in 2018, and the results were a dramatic shift from the previous year. Data shows the numbe...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
CHARBONNEAU: Sometimes it's not easy being a pro-vaxxer
DESPITE THE FACT THAT VACCINES have saved uncountable lives and virtually wiped out smallpox, polio, tetanus and rabies, vaccine risks exist. When those risks result in death, people lose trust in all...
James Peters May 23, 2019 Image Credit: Felipe Caparros Cruz / Dreamstime.com
Barriere mayor hopeful water will return to normal within the next week
BARRIERE, B.C. - After weeks of inconsistent manganese levels in Barriere drinking water, the district's mayor is hopeful for a solution.Ward Stamer says levels haven't gone up higher in the past seve...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: Dreamstime
Terrace to get new $447.5 million state-of-the-art hospital
TERRACE, B.C. - Terrace will be upgrading their current 78-bed hospital to a state-of-the-art one more than double its size. The business plan for the $447.5 million new Mills Memorial Hospital was co...
James Peters May 21, 2019 Image Credit: CKPG Today
Fentanyl test strips and drug identification machine worthwhile for at-risk substance users
KAMLOOPS - For nearly a year, ASK Wellness has been giving people who use drugs in Kamloops a chance to know what exactly is in their substances. The fentanyl test strip pilot program, along with a ne...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Milobar
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