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Kelowna asks Ottawa to help shut down the downtown’s supervised consumption siteMayor Tom Dyas has written to the federal health minister asking that the facility’s 2027 renewal be denied.CanadaSep 3
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Independent review finds years of strain led to pediatric crisis at Kelowna’s hospitalThe review found that reduced trust and deteriorating relations between physicians and Interior Health contributed to a wave of pediatrician resignations, seven in 2023 alone.CanadaJun 22
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Peachland residents to return home Friday, 1 week after Bald Range fire startedAs of 6 p.m. on Aug. 14, evacuation orders for all properties in Peachland and Electoral Area West will be downgraded to evacuation alerts, officials say.FireAug 14
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Seniors forced to flee B.C. wildfire found safe due to Apple AirTag, help from strangersHelen Gonzalez said she and her sister didn't know what to do until she remembered that their dog, Christy, had an Apple AirTag on her collar.FireAug 10
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Summerland wildfire forces large numbers of seniors in residential care to relocateDavid Hickey, a driver with the High Acuity Response Team, helped receive dozens of seniors at Kaigo Senior Living Facility in Kelowna.FireAug 8
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Over 20,000 flee as B.C evacuation orders in full swing due to aggressive wildfireThe BC Wildfire Service says it's displaying aggressive rank 5 behaviour, with an organized flame front with a fast rate of spread and moderate to long-range spotting.FireAug 8
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Small B.C. community surrounded by wildfires facing more ER closuresThe emergency room department at 100 Mile District General Hospital is closed from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and is expected to be closed for the same stretch on Sunday.HealthAug 7
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Wildfire smoke blankets Kelowna, prompting health warnings and disrupting summer plansOn Thursday, the Air Quality Health Index reached 10+, the highest risk category on the scale.CanadaJul 23
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Some psychiatric patients wait days in the ER for a hospital admission. Why?Disparity in wait time has been the case for decades, experts say, and it’s only getting worse as demand outpaces funding across the spectrum of mental health care.HealthJul 28
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Fire in hospital kills 14 newborns in Pakistan’s capitalThe government has opened an investigation, and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered the Health Ministry’s highest civil servant to be removed from office.WorldAug 26
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14 Canadian brands we’re currently lovingFrom Mejuri to Blume, Article and more, read on for the dreamy finds we can’t stop thinking about.The CuratorAug 28
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Status of ‘iconic’ mountain goats living near evacuated B.C. community is uncertainIt is not clear yet what has happened to a small group of "iconic" mountain goats, as a large wildfire burns out of control near the evacuated community of Summerland, B.C.CanadaAug 13
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2 people drowned in separate B.C. Interior lakes over the weekendSicamous RCMP said they were called at 8:13 p.m. to Mara Lake, south of Sicamous, and officers, along with Search and Rescue, began searching the lake and shoreline.CanadaJul 14
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Iran, U.S. make opposing peace talk claims as cargo ships report strikesA British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz.WorldAug 4
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France lets 84K evacuees go home as wildfires spread across EuropeEurope is sweltering under an exceptionally hot and arid summer, creating tinderbox conditions for unprecedented fires, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate.WorldJul 30
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Kelowna councilllor Ron Cannan launches mayoral campaign, promises focus on public safetyConcerns about social disorder and public safety across the city have been growing in recent months, which Cannan says motivated his reasons to run.CanadaJun 18
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Alberta teen’s family sues government after nearly $200K out-of-country surgical billAn Alberta teen's family is heading to court after spending nearly $200,000 on U.S. scoliosis surgery, arguing healthcare delays violated her constitutional rights.Aug 15
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‘Prolonged stretch of hot air,’ poor air quality advisories blanket the PrairiesWith temperatures in the mid to low 30s C expected to blanket the Prairie provinces over the next few days, much the area is under both heat and air quality warnings.WeatherJul 23
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Former Iranian official living in Toronto was ‘critical’ to terror finance, CBSA allegesA CBSA report alleges that as a deputy director in Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, Abbas Omidi, assisted the regime's state sponsorship of terrorism.CanadaAug 26
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Tourists racked up $200M in unpaid health-care bills in B.C.: reportIn a release, the BC Conservatives pointed to research from SecondStreet.org, which obtained the information through a freedom of information request.HealthJun 9