B.C.’s top doctor encourages fall vaccines as province sees early rise in influenza cases
B.C.’s flu season is off to an early start, with influenza cases rising as the province begins its fall vaccination campaign.
Free radon test kits offered to residents by RDCO
If you don't receive a free kit or need additional ones, long-term radon test kits are available from the BC Lung Foundation.
Paramedics union says B.C. quietly scaling back community care program
B.C.’s paramedics union is raising concerns that the province’s Community Paramedicine program is being scaled back.
Judge finds B.C. policy requiring foreign-trained doctors to work in rural areas is illegal
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled the province cannot require international medical graduates to work in designated communities after completing their residency.
$1 million raised at Heart of Gold Gala for KGH Emergency Care
Since Heart of Gold began 27 years ago, the event has raised more than $11 million for health care in the region.
Interior Health responds to Dyas letter asking for elimination of supervised consumption downtown.
IH Chief Medical Health Officer Sue Pollock said in 2025 there were 37,000 visits at Outreach Urban Health.
BC SPCA urge pets owners to take precaution during air quality advisories
The BC SPCA is urging pet owners to take precautions during air quality advisories to keep animals comfortable during wildfire season.
Interior Health expands urgent care hours in Okanagan
Interior Health is expanding urgent and primary care hours in parts of the Okanagan on Sunday as the region deals with increased health-care needs, including those related to the Bald Range wildfire.
Orange air quality alert issued as wildfire smoke blankets parts of B.C.
Air quality warnings have been upgraded to orange for several regions of southern and central B.C. as wildfire smoke is expected to linger for the next 24 to 48 hours.
B.C. nurses to end provincewide job action after accepting mediators’ recommendations
The Nurses' Bargaining Association has ended provincewide job action after accepting settlement recommendations from special mediators, with outstanding compensation issues expected to proceed to binding arbitration this fall.
BC Nurses Union holds rally outside Kelowna General Hospital
The Kelowna rally follows one held in Prince George last week and is among a series of events being planned in communities throughout the province.
B.C. Nurses Union says mediation talks with province will resume Tuesday
The B.C. Nurses' Union said mediation in its contract dispute with health employers will resume Tuesday after a three-day pause.
