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Lawsuit accuses IH, Kamloops doctors of negligence in alleged medical overdose case

Two doctors and Interior Health are being sued by the family of a Kamloops-area woman who died in 2022 at Royal Inland Hospital, accused of causing a...

Pregnant Kamloops women again being told they may have to travel elsewhere for care

Pregnant Kamloops women are once again being told they may have to travel to Salmon Arm, Vernon or Kelowna for prenatal care. Doctor retirements and...

Prince George helicopter crash victim remembered as caring boss, devoted family man

Jerry Edwards poured his adventurous spirit, his love of the outdoors and his compassion for co-workers into his job as a self-employed forestry...

One day in jail for rookie train-hopper injured while riding rails

A rookie train-hopper who was injured while riding the rails west of Kamloops says he’ll never do it again. Darin Wayne Friesen, 34, was...

Interior Health seeking clinical staff to fill in at local care homes

The healthcare staffing shortage across Interior Health is also impacting Central Okanagan long-term care homes. In a June 17 internal memo to all...

BC Nurses' Union discusses staffing shortage with members

Representatives of the BC Nurses' Union are in Cranbrook Thursday discussing staffing shortages at East Kootenay Regional Hospital. The region is...

Campaigns in crisis mode as B.C. mayors pivot from parks and potholes to big picture

When Merlin Blackwell ran for mayor four years ago in the small community of Clearwater in British Columbia's North Thompson River valley, the...

BC Liberals push 30-day action plan for doctor shortage

The B.C. Liberal Caucus is, for the second time, calling for a 30-day action plan to “help tackle the primary care crisis” in British...

Emergency Department in Oliver is closed Sunday afternoon

Yet another Interior emergency department is closed this weekend due to staffing issues. Sunday, Interior Health announced the emergency department at...

Healthcare story of the year: system and burned out staff stretched to the limit

Castanet is revisiting the top stories of an eventful 2022. Today, for our healthcare story of the year, we look at the massive challenge facing the...

Critics warn of rural health care 'collapse' as ERs temporarily close on North Island

Back-to-back closures of emergency rooms on North Vancouver Island last weekend are another example of the overall erosion of the primary care system...

'A lot of angst': Mapping B.C.'s emergency department closures of 2022

As the pandemic and family doctor shortage overwhelms the province, many doctors and nurses in rural emergency departments (ED) are unable to keep...

Kamloops councillor says meeting on rural healthcare crisis met with positive response from province

A Kamloops councillor says a meeting between municipal leaders and the provincial minister of health to discuss rural healthcare closures and health...

IH ramping up elective surgeries after hundreds postponed

After more than a month of postponements, “non-urgent” surgeries in B.C.'s Interior will begin ramping back up next week, while other...

City of Kamloops to explore options for physician incentive program

The City of Kamloops will be looking at ways it could attract more family doctors to the area after council heard a presentation laying out possible...

Federal Liberal announce candidate for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo

The Liberal Party of Canada has selected its candidate in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding. George Petel, a lawyer, has been acclaimed to run for...

Stone, Milobar call for government action to address RIH staffing shortfalls

As staffing shortfalls and pandemic problems impact operations and strain healthcare workers at Royal Inland Hospital, a pair of Kamloops MLAs are...

Meet your candidate: Aaron Sumexheltza, running for the BC NDP in Fraser-Nicola

As part of Castanet's 2020 election coverage, candidates in Kamloops-South Thompson, Kamloops-North Thompson and Fraser-Nicola were emailed a...

Meet your candidate: Dennis Adamson, running as an Independent in Fraser-Nicola

As part of Castanet's 2020 election coverage, candidates in Kamloops-South Thompson, Kamloops-North Thompson and Fraser-Nicola were emailed a...

Lottery dream come true

It could be a dream come true. Tickets for the BC Children's Hospital 2019 Dream Lottery tickets are now on sale. Proceeds from the lottery go...

This Kamloops care facility is launching a music and memory program

Laundry jobs to go

Hospital laundry services will be ending throughout the Interior Health region, leading to the loss of 93 full-time jobs over the next year. A...

Massive IH evac effort

Interior Health has established a call line for families whose loved ones have been relocated from health facilities due to wildfire activity in the...

Four days later, woman and car swept away in Cache Creek mudslide still not found

Fatal crash at Cache Creek

A collision on the Trans-Canada Highway has left one man dead. Ashcroft RCMP and B.C. Ambulance Service responded to the scene at the intersection...

One dead in highway crash

RCMP are investigating a fatal accident near Spences Bridge that shut down Highway 1 for several hours Tuesday. Just before 3 p.m., RCMP from Lytton...

Hwy. 97 reopened

UPDATE 3:40 P.M. Highway 97 near 70 Mile House is again open to traffic. A fatal crash has forced the closure of Highway 97 near 70 Mile House for...

RIH celebrates opening

A crowd of about 100 people gathered Friday to celebrate the official opening of Royal Inland Hospital's new clinical services building. Health...

Maze Runner star hurt

UPDATE: 3:15 p.m. Actor Dylan O'Brien has been injured on the set of "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" during production in Vancouver. 20th...

Wasp-nado

Are you feeling like a wasp is always under foot or attacking your BBQ dinner this summer? Many are saying the wasps are bad this year, real bad and...

Radioman hangs up mic

When Glen Morrison first turned on the microphone in 1972, Pierre Trudeau was prime minister, Neil Young’s Heart of Gold and Don Maclean’s...

Shot cyclist made tourniquet

It was just before 1 a.m. during an overnight cyclying race when loud explosions disrupted the solace of a rider along Highway 1 in British Columbia....

Arrest made in shooting

Six-weeks after an early morning shooting sent one man to hospital, Kamloops RCMP have made an arrest. RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush says the investigation...

Deadly day on BC highways

It was a deadly end to the weekend on Central Interior highways after a pair of serious crashes Sunday afternoon. The first happened around 1:00...

More New Senior Beds

Health Minister and Salmon Arm MLA George Abbott announced Tuesday that Interior Health’s Board of Directors has endorsed contracts with private and...

Two Canadian Terrorists Wanted

Two Canadian citizens and an American are among seven terrorists who """"present a clear and present danger"""" to the United States in coming months,...