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Ashcroft emergency department to close temporarily for fifth time this year
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Yet another closure is expected for the Ashcroft emergency department. Interior Health says the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre's emergency department is facing lim...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops one of several communities to partake in at-home drug checking pilot program
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops will be one of several communities taking part in a drug checking pilot program.Jessica Bridgeman with Interior Health says this new research project provides people who use substa...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: Dreamstime
Overdose deaths up in Interior Health Authority, down provincially
There's been a significant decrease so far this year in the number of people dying from overdose in British Columbia. New numbers from the BC Coroners Service show there were 104 suspected overdose de...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: Paulus Rusyanto | Dreamstime
Water discolouration continues to plague Barriere
BARRIERE, BC - The District of Barriere is advising people that despite discolouration in the area's water, it is still safe for human consumption. In a public notice issued Wednesday (May 8), the Dis...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: Jen Schwab Nickel
Toddler dies in Burnaby after being left in hot car
BURNABY - RCMP say a toddler has died after being left in a vehicle in Burnaby, B.C., during a spring heat wave.Mounties say at 5:45 p.m. yesterday officers responded to a report of an unconscious 16-...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: Twitter / @ahjayy
CHARBONNEAU: Persuade, don't malign anti-vaxxers
IF WE REALLY WANT TO convince parents to vaccinate their children, name-calling and vilification is not the way to go.Yet, that seems to be a common tactic. You don't have to go far on social media to...
Vern Strecheniuk May 09, 2019 Image Credit: Todsaporn Bunmuen / Dreamstime.com
Sonographer shortage at RIH increasing ultrasound wait times
KAMLOOPS - Thousands of patients are waiting for an ultrasound at Royal Inland Hospital, while Interior Health attempts to recruit more sonographers to Kamloops. Patients looking to get an ultrasound ...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Making Memories Matter: Kamloops Walks for Alzheimer's
KAMLOOPS - Alzheimer's is a degenerative brain disease and one of the leading causes of dementia. For the past decade and a half, Kamloops has been walking to help raise funds and awareness for the Al...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
CMHA, Olympian Catharine Pendrel kick off Ride Don't Hide campaign
KAMLOOPS - Today (May 6) marks the start of Mental Health Week and it's also the kick off to the campaign for the seventh annual Ride Don't Hide event. The Canadian Mental Health Association is encour...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Certain President's Choice sauces recalled due to possible glass pieces
OTTAWA - Certain kinds of President's Choice brand and PC Black Label brand sauces have been recalled due to potential glass pieces. Loblaw Companies Limited issued the recall yesterday (May 3), and a...
May 04, 2019 Image Credit: Health Canada
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